A mariner-like element with a 5′ lesion in Drosophila simulans

Genetica

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-235

  Ogura, Keiji ^a   Yamamoto, Masa Toshi ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila simulans; Inverted terminal repeat; mariner like element; Precise excision; Transposition frequency

Indexed keywords

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE COLOR; EYE PROTEINS; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSPOSASES;

DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0346146952     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GENE.0000003602.98863.67     Document Type: Article

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