Evolution of non-LTR retrotransposons in the trypanosomatid genomes: Leishmania major has lost the active elements

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-170

  Bringaud, Frédéric ^a   Ghedin, Elodie ^b,c   Blandin, Gaëlle ^b   Bartholomeu, Daniella C ^b   Caler, Elisabet ^b   Levin, Mariano J ^d   Baltz, Théo ^a   El Sayed, Najib M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Degenerate retroelement; Evolution; Ingi; L1Tc; Leishmania major; Non LTR retrotransposon; Retroposon; Trypanosoma brucei; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 30544435268     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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