Retroelement dynamics and a novel type of chordate retrovirus-like element in the miniature genome of the tunicate Oikopleura dioica

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2022-2033

  Volff, Jean Nicolas ^a   Lehrach, Hans ^b   Reinhardt, Richard ^b   Chourrout, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Laboratory for Molecular Genetics   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Compact genome; Envelope; Oikopleura; Retroelement; Retrovirus; Reverse transcriptase

Indexed keywords

DNA; EUKARYOTIC DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLADISTICS; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GYPSY GENE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INSECT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NON LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; OPEN READING FRAME; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS LIKE ELEMENT; TOR GENE; TOR3 GENE; TOR4B GENE; TUNICATE; TY3 GENE; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EUKARYOTA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; RETROVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; TOR; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 6344241315     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh207     Document Type: Article

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