A P element has induced intron formation in Drosophila

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1503-1510

  Nouaud, Danielle ^a   Boëda, Batiste ^a   Levy, Laurence ^a   Anxolabéhère, Dominique ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila montium subgroup; Molecular domestication; New intron; P element; Transposon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HYPOTHESIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS; TRANSPOSON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

DROSOPHILA MONTIUM;

EID: 0344069705     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026062     Document Type: Article

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