Article
The relationship between the flamenco gene and gypsy in Drosophila: how to tame a retrovirus.
Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Sept 1995
Bucheton A
Abstract excerpt
For a long time, retroviruses have been considered to be restricted to vertebrates. However, the genome of insects contains elements like gypsy in Drosophila melanogaster that are strikingly similar to vertebrate proviruses of retroviruses, which were considered to be transposable elements. Recen...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Genes, Insect
- Genes, env
- Invertebrates
- Male
- Organ Specificity
- Ovary
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Retroelements
- Retroviridae
- Transcription Factors
- Virus Activation