nfCR1, the first non-LTR retrotransposon characterized in the Australian lungfish genome, Neoceratodus forsteri, shows similarities to CR1-like elements

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-49

  Sirijovski, Nickolche ^a,b   Woolnough, Catherine ^a,c   Rock, Jennifer ^a,d   Joss, Jean M P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; CR1L PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME WALKING; FISH; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RETROPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME WALKING; DNA; FISHES; GENE DOSAGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3B; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RETROELEMENTS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

AMPHIBIA; DIPNOI; GALLUS GALLUS; INVERTEBRATA; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 14844284661     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21022     Document Type: Article

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