A New Member of a Family of Site-Specific Retrotransposons Is Present in the Spliced Leader RNA Genes of Trypanosoma cruzi
Villanueva M, Williams S, Beard C, Richards F, Aksoy S. A New Member of a Family of Site-Specific Retrotransposons Is Present in the Spliced Leader RNA Genes of Trypanosoma cruzi. Molecular And Cellular Biology 1991, 11: 6139-6148. DOI: 10.1128/mcb.11.12.6139-6148.1991.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOpen reading frameAmino acid homologySL RNAReading frameLong open reading frameSpliced leader RNA genesExtensive amino acid homologySpliced leader RNAPol genes of retrovirusesOverall amino acid homologyLow copy numberPol open reading frameEndonuclease domainLeader RNAGene sequencesTrypanosomatid speciesGene locusRetrotransposonsCopy numberCrithidia fasciculataTruncated versionFunctional roleIdentical sitesHomologyPol gene