Retrotransposons and tandem repeat sequences in the nuclear genomes of cryptomonad algae

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-236

  Khan, Hameed ^a   Kozera, Catherine ^b   Curtis, Bruce A ^b   Bussey, Jillian Tarrant ^b   Theophilou, Stan ^a,c   Bowman, Sharen ^b   Archibald, John M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Genome Atlantic Canada   (Canada)

^c DNA Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptomonad algae; Nuclear genomes; Retrotransposons; Tandem repeat sequences

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; CLONE; CRYPTOPHYTA; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROPOSON; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALGAE; CRYPTOMONAS PARAMECIUM; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GUILLARDIA THETA; RHODOMONAS SALINA;

EID: 33846453971     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0088-9     Document Type: Article

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