MMTS, a new subfamily of Tc1-like transposons

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-395

  Ahn, Sang Jung ^a   Kim, Moo Sang ^a,b   Jang, Jae Ho ^a   Lim, Sang Uk ^a   Lee, Hyung Ho ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct repeat (DR); DNA transposon; Inverted repeat (IR); MMTS like transposons; Tc1 like transposon

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MMTS; TC1 LIKE TRANSPOSASE; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CARP; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FISH; FISH GENETICS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSPOSON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYPRINIFORMES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES; ZEBRAFISH;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CICHLIDAE; COBITIDAE; CYPRINOIDEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MISGURNUS MIZOLEPIS; PISCES; PLEURONECTIFORMES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 58049200248     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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