Bmmar6, a second mori subfamily mariner transposon from the silkworm moth Bombyx mori

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-171

  Robertson, Hugh M ^a   Walden, K K O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bmmar6; Bombyx mori; ITmD37D; Mariner; MaT

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TRANSPOSASES;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037385761     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2003.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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