title: LINE-related elements in Drosophila melanogaster.
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.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Di Nocera
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Contursi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Minchiotti
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D018626:Retroelements
chemical_list: D018626:Retroelements