Characteristics of the nuclear (18S, 5.8S, 28S and 5S) and mitochondrial (12S and 16S) rRNA genes of Apis mellifera (Insecta: Hymenoptera): Structure, organization, and retrotransposable elements

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 657-686

  Gillespie, J J ^a,b,c,e   Johnston, J S ^a   Cannone, J J ^d   Gutell, R R ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

12S; 16S; 18S; 28S; 5.8S; 5S; Alignment; Apis mellifera; ETS; Honey bee; IGS; ITS 1; ITS 2; R element; R1; R2; rDNA; Retrotransposition; Reverse transcriptase; Ribosomal RNA; rRNA; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 28S;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RETROPOSON; RNA GENE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENE SILENCING; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPEN READING FRAMES; RETROELEMENTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOCRITA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; NASONIA; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 33750442556     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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