The R2 retrotransposon RNA families

RNA Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Moss, Walter N ^a   Eickbush, Danna G ^a   Lopez, Michael J ^a   Eickbush, Thomas H ^a   Turner, Douglas H ^a,b   Thum, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Center for RNA Biology   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Drosophila; Pseudoknot; Retrotransposon; Ribozyme; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

RIBOZYME; RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; INTERACTIONS WITH RNA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPEN READING FRAME; R2 RETROTRANSPOSON; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILKWORM;

BOMBYX MORI; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS;

EID: 80052819452     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.8.5.16033     Document Type: Review

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