Highly conserved piggyBac elements in noctuid species of Lepidoptera

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-428

  Zimowska, Grazyna J ^a   Handler, Alfred M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicoverpa; Horizontal transfer; Lepidoptera; piggyBac; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; TEPHRITIDAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 33646150671     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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