Genome organization and gene expression shape the transposable element distribution in the Drosophila melanogaster euchromatin

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2256-2267

  Fontanillas, Pierre ^a   Hartl, Daniel L ^a   Reuter, Max ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; INTRON; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UNTRANSLATED REGION; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

SPACER DNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, INTERGENIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUCHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, X-LINKED; GENOME, INSECT; GERM CELLS; INTRONS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

EID: 37349093019     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030210     Document Type: Article

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