Identification and chromosomal localization of mariner-like elements in the cabbage moth Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-322

  Mandrioli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heterochromatin; Mamestra brassicae; Mariner; Transposon

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MARINER PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CABBAGE MOTH; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INVERTED TERMINAL REPEAT; LEPIDOPTERA; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; MBMAR GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX CHROMOSOME; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HETEROCHROMATIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSPOSASES;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE;

EID: 0037765409     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024035706192     Document Type: Article

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