The non-LTR retrotransposon Rex3 from the fish Xiphophorus is widespread among teleosts

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1427-1438

  Volff, Jean Nicolas ^a,c   Körting, Cornelia ^a   Sweeney, Kimberley ^a,b   Schartl, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Non LTR retrotransposon; Phylogeny; Reverse transcriptase; RTE family; Teleost evolution; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENOME; INTRON; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; RETROPOSON; TANDEM REPEAT; TELEOST;

XIPHOPHORUS;

EID: 0345411346     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026055     Document Type: Article

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