This book is about Drosophila retrotransposons, which were the first eukaryotic mobile DNA elements discovered at the molecular level. Both passive and active inhabitants of the eukaryotic genome, they can influence its stable components and at the same time be subject to various types of cellular control. The book covers different aspects of their structure and expression, replication and transpositions, their interaction with the host cell, their role as important factors of genetic instability and essential contributors to the structure and evolution of the Drosophila genome.
- ISBN10 3540588981
- ISBN13 9783540588986
- Publish Date April 1995
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 28 January 2015
- Publish Country DE
- Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 141
- Language English