MUSTANG is a novel family of domesticated transposase genes found in diverse angiosperms

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2084-2089

  Cowan, Rebecca K ^a   Hoen, Douglas R ^a   Schoen, Daniel J ^a   Bureau, Thomas E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genome; Plants; Transposons

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; MEDICAGO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PURIFICATION; RICE; TRANSPOSON;

ANGIOSPERMS; ARABIDOPSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSPOSASES; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; JAPONICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 24744464809     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi202     Document Type: Article

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