Retrotransposons that maintain chromosome ends

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 51, 2011, Pages 20317-20324

  Pardue, Mary Lou ^a   DeBaryshe, P G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromeres; Chromosome evolution; Euchromatin; Heterochromatin; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; HET A PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; RNA; TAHRE PROTEIN; TART PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL INTERACTION; CHROMOSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROCHROMATIN; INSECT CELL; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 84855494142     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100278108     Document Type: Article

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