William D. Burke

The age and evolution of non-LTR retrotransposable elements

Harmit S. Malik, William D. Burke, Thomas H. Eickbush · Molecular Biology and Evolution · 1999 · 575 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Evolutionary Biology +12

EFFECTS OF THE <i>RAD52</i> GENE ON RECOMBINATION IN <i>SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE</i>

Satya Prakash, Louise Prakash, William D. Burke et al. · Genetics · 1980 · 216 citations · Full text

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +14

A "Selfish" B Chromosome That Enhances Its Transmission by Eliminating the Paternal Genome

Uzi Nur, John H. Werren, Danna G. Eickbush et al. · Science · 1988 · 197 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Genetics +13

Retrotransposable elements R1 and R2 interrupt the rRNA genes of most insects.

John Jakubczak, William D. Burke, Thomas H. Eickbush · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1991 · 181 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Genetics +12

The site-specific ribosomal insertion element type II of Bombyx mori (R2Bm) contains the coding sequence for a reverse transcriptase-like enzyme.

William D. Burke, Carolyn C. Calalang, Thomas H. Eickbush · Molecular and Cellular Biology · 1987 · 136 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +9