Reverse transcriptase and integrase of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ty1 element

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 269-287

  Wilhelm, F X ^a   Wilhelm, M ^a   Gabriel, A ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; GAG PROTEIN; GENOMIC RNA; INTEGRASE; POLYPEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETROPOSON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRAL GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; INTEGRASES; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 23844526483     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084960     Document Type: Review

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