R1 and R2 retrotransposons of German cockroach Blatella germanica: A comparative study of 5′-truncated copies integrated into the genome

Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 546-553

  Kagramanova, A S ^a   Kapelinskaya, T V ^a   Korolev, A L ^a   Mukha, D V ^a  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Blattella; Non LTR retrotransposons R1 and R2; Poly(T) tails

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA;

EID: 34548442552     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: 16083245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026893307040048     Document Type: Article

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