Characterization of <it>SR3 </it>reveals abundance of non-LTR retrotransposons of the RTE clade in the genome of the human blood fluke, <it>Schistosoma mansoni</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It is becoming apparent that perhaps as much as half of the genome of the human blood fluke <it>Schistosoma mansoni </it>is constituted of mobile genetic element-related sequences. Non-long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotran...

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Main Authors: Brindley Paul J, Loukas Alex, Kewgrai Nonglack, Laha Thewarach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/6/154