Subtraction by addition: Domesticated transposases in programmed DNA elimination

Genes and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2455-2460

  Motl, Jason A ^a   Chalker, Douglas L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome fragmentation; IES excision; Oligohymenophorean ciliates; Transposase domestication

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA; TRANSPOSASE;

DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; HETEROCHROMATIN; MACRONUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOME; MACRONUCLEUS; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSPOSASES;

CILIOPHORA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA;

EID: 70350654481     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1864609     Document Type: Review

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