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Identification of rDNA-specific non-LTR retrotransposons in Cnidaria.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Oct 2006
Kojima Kenji K, Kuma Kei-ichi, Toh Hiroyuki, Fujiwara Haruhiko
Abstract excerpt
Ribosomal RNA genes are abundant repetitive sequences in most eukaryotes. Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) contains many insertions derived from mobile elements including non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons. R2 is the well-characterized 28S rDNA-specific non-LTR retrotransposon family that is distributed over at least 4 bilaterian phyla. R2 is a large family sharing the same insertion specificity and...
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