In silico evidence for the species-specific conservation of mosquito retroposons: Implications as a molecular biomarker

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Byarugaba, Wilson ^a,b,c   Kajumbula, Henry ^a,c   Wayengera, Misaki ^a,b,c  

^a Restrizymes Biotherapeutics Uganda Limited   (Uganda)

^b KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; MOLECULAR MARKER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA; SMALL CODING RIBONUCLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANOPLESIA SINENSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RETROPOSON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLICEOSOME; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL BIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CULEX; CULICIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RETROELEMENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69049092802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-6-14     Document Type: Article

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