The ingi and RIME non-LTR Retrotransposons are Not Randomly Distributed in the Genome of Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 520-528

  Bringaud, Frédéric ^a   Biteau, Nicolas ^a   Zuiderwijk, Eduard ^b   Berriman, Matthew ^b   El Sayed, Najib M ^c,d   Ghedin, Elodie ^c,d   Melville, Sara E ^e   Hall, Neil ^b   Baltz, Théo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ingi; Insertion site specificity; Non LTR retrotransposon; Retroelement hot spot gene; RIME; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; RETROPOSON; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 1542510039     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh045     Document Type: Article

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