| Literature DB >> 7896137 |
P P Di Nocera1, C Contursi, G Minchiotti.
Abstract
Mobile elements known as LINEs are members of a superfamily of repeated DNA conserved from protozoa to man. These sequences propagate by the retrotranscription of RNA intermediates and differ in many respects from retroviruses. Whereas most eukaryotic genomes host a single LINE family, several families of LINE-like sequences or type II retrotransposons coexist in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Properties and features of these elements are discussed in this work.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7896137 DOI: 10.1007/bf01443431
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genetica ISSN: 0016-6707 Impact factor: 1.082