Retroelements and formation of chimeric retrogenes

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2046-2059

  Buzdin, A A ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chimeric; DNA; Gene; LINE; Retroelements; Retrotransposon; RNA; SINE

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

CHIMERA; DNA SYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSEUDOGENE; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSPOSON;

EUKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 4344651631     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-004-4041-z     Document Type: Review

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