Identification of diversity-generating retroelements in human microbiomes

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 14234-14246

  Ye, Yuzhen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DGR; DGRscan; Human microbiome; Reverse transcriptase (RTase); Template region (TR); Variable region (VR)

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; RETROPOSON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIVERSITY GENERATING RETROELEMENT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROPOSON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROFLORA;

HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; RETROELEMENTS; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

EID: 84925368544     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms150814234     Document Type: Article

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