Testing the palindromic target site model for DNA transposon insertion using the Drosophila melanogaster P-element

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6199-6208

  Linheiro, Raquel S ^a   Bergman, Casey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENOME, INSECT; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 56049121432     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn563     Document Type: Article

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