A partial copy of msDNA from a new retron element is likely a retrotransposed DNA found in the myxobacterium Nannocystis exedens

Gene

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 251-261

  Lampson, Bert C ^a   Xu, Chunying ^b   Rice, Scott A ^c   Inouye, Sumiko ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

msDNA; Myxobacteria; Repetitive DNA; Retron; Retrotransposon; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

PRIMER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NE144; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SATELLITE DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RETROPOSON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DUPLICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCALES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; NANNOCYSTIS; NANNOCYSTIS EXEDENS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037121057     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00977-0     Document Type: Article

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