Complete nucleotide sequence of the A+T-rich region of Drosophila mauritiana mitochondrial DNA

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-28

  Sugihara, Kanako ^a,b   Yui, Ryoko ^a   Ibaragi, Yoko ^a   Matsuura, Etsuko T ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EPS Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

A+T rich region; Drosophila mauritiana; Repeats

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33645770929     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: 13417568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.81.21     Document Type: Article

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