A universal classification of eukaryotic transposable elements implemented in Repbase

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 411-412

  Kapitonov, Vladimir V ^a   Jurka, Jerzy ^a  

^a Genetic Information Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DNA;

CLADISTICS; DATA BASE; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GREEN ALGA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 42349111552     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2165-c1     Document Type: Letter

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