Identification of the Boudicca and Sinbad retrotransposons in the genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 565-571

  Copeland, Claudia S ^a,b   Lewis, Fred A ^c   Brindley, Paul J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulinus; Long terminal report retrotransposon; Mobile genetic element; Reverse transcriptase; Schistosome

Indexed keywords

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; BULINUS; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; DUGESIA DOROTOCEPHALA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLOIDES MAGNA; GASTROPODA; HOMO SAPIENS; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; TREMATODA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 33747832434     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000500015     Document Type: Article

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