The contribution of LTR retrotransposon sequences to gene evolution in Mus musculus

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 479-481

  DeBarry, Jeremy D ^a   Ganko, Eric W ^a,b   McCarthy, Eugene M ^a   McDonald, John F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene evolution; LTR retrotransposon; Mouse; Mus musculus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOUSE; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; HUMANS; MICE; RETROELEMENTS; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HOMO SAPIENS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33244475858     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj076     Document Type: Article

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