The Tol1 transposable element of the medaka fish moves in human and mouse cells

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 628-635

  Koga, Akihiko ^a   Shimada, Atsuko ^b   Kuroki, Toshiya ^a   Hori, Hiroshi ^a   Kusumi, Junko ^c   Kyono Hamaguchi, Yoriko ^d   Hamaguchi, Satoshi ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene transfer vector; Genetic tools; Transposable element; Transposition

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORYZIAS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIH 3T3 CELLS; ORYZIAS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSPOSASES;

MAMMALIA; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE;

EID: 34347355362     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-007-0161-2     Document Type: Article

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