Identification of a short interspersed repeat in the Reticulitermes lucifugus (Isoptera Rhinotermitidae) genome

DNA Sequence - Journal of DNA Sequencing and Mapping

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 304-307

  Luchetti, Andrea ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lower termites; Reticulitermes lucifugus; Retrotransposons; Short interspersed repeat (SINE); Talua

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; MARKER; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYADENYLIC ACID; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CLONE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; TALUA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS;

CRYPTOTERMES SECUNDUS; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; RETICULITERMES LUCIFUGUS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 27844507291     PISSN: 10425179     EISSN: 10292365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170500061467     Document Type: Article

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