Evolution of target specificity in R1 clade non-LTR retrotransposons

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-361

  Kojima, Kenji K ^a   Fujiwara, Haruhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

AP EN domain; Evolution; Non LTR retrotransposon; RI clade; Sequence specific retrotransposition

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MINO GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NON LONG TERMINAL REPEAT RETROTRANSPOSON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; WALDO GENE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DROSOPHILA; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROELEMENTS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

HEXAPODA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MINO;

EID: 0037359032     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg031     Document Type: Article

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