Sequence identity between an inverted repeat family of transposable elements in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis
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Sequence identity between an inverted repeat family of transposable elements in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis
The Tc1-like transposable elements, originally described in Caenorhabditis elegans, have a much wider phylogenetic distribution than previously thought. In this paper, we demonstrate that Tc1 shares sequence identity in its open reading frame and terminal repeats with a new transposable element Barney (also known as TCb1-Transposon Caenorhabditis briggsae 1). Barney was detected and isolated by...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nucleic Acids Research
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0305-1048,1362-4962
DOI: 10.1093/nar/16.13.5991