Transcription of endogenous and exogenous R2 elements in the rRNA gene locus of Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3825-3836

  Eickbush, Danna G ^a   Eickbush, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA INTEGRATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; RNA GENE; RNA INTEGRATION; RNA PROBE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; GENES, RRNA; MALE; RETROELEMENTS; RNA STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0038246255     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.11.3825-3836.2003     Document Type: Article

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