A transposable element (TE), also transposon, or jumping gene, is a type of mobile genetic element, a nucleic acid sequence in DNA that can change its...
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Ac/Ds transposable controlling elements was the first transposable element system recognized in maize. The Ac Activator element is autonomous, whereas...
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existence of transposable elements, which are now recognized to be among the most successful selfish genetic elements. The discovery of transposable elements...
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Insertion sequence (redirect from Insertion element)
Insertion element (also known as an IS, an insertion sequence element, or an IS element) is a short DNA sequence that acts as a simple transposable element. Insertion...
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DNA transposon (redirect from Class 2 element)
their own, while nonautonomous ones require the presence of another transposable element's gene, transposase, to move. There are three main classifications...
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events could correlate with the distribution and diversification of transposable element families. Jurka’s Erdős number is 3, tracing a collaboration path...
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In linear algebra, the transpose of a matrix is an operator which flips a matrix over its diagonal; that is, it switches the row and column indices of...
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into a cell's genome. It is built upon the natural PiggyBac (PB) transposable element (transposon), enabling the back and forth movement of genes between...
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Replicative transposition is a mechanism of transposition in molecular biology, proposed by James A. Shapiro in 1979, in which the transposable element is duplicated...
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combine to form Exafroplacentalia or Notolegia. Updated analysis of transposable element insertions around the time of divergence strongly supports the fourth...
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Tc1/mariner (redirect from Tc1 element)
found in. The classification does extend to other species. This transposable element is known for its uncanny ability to be transmitted horizontally in...
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David, CN; Steele, RE; Martínez, DE (2019). "Expansion of a single transposable element family is associated with genome-size increase and radiation in the...
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melanism mutation has been shown to be due to the insertion of a transposable element into the first intron of the cortex gene, resulting in an increase...
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Genome (section Transposable elements)
of the genomes of many eukaryotes. A retrotransposon is a transposable element that transposes through an RNA intermediate. Retrotransposons are composed...
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studies show that the switch from light to dark coloration is due to a transposable element insertion into the first intron of the gene cortex. An example of...
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transcriptase Reverse transcriptase-related cellular gene Ribozyme Spiegelman's Monster Tandem repeat Transposable element Retroposon Transpoviron Xenobot...
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transcriptase Reverse transcriptase-related cellular gene Ribozyme Spiegelman's Monster Tandem repeat Transposable element Retroposon Transpoviron Xenobot...
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below the human range of hearing Insertion sequence, a short DNA transposable element Intersex, an organism with sex characteristics neither exclusively...
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fossil members of the taxa), the non-coding regions subject to higher transposable element activity show marked divergence even between the two extant coelacanth...
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transcriptase and endonuclease activity. LINEs are the most abundant transposable element within the human genome, with approximately 20.7% of the sequences...
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Mobile genetic elements (redirect from Mobile genetic element)
the center of the transposable element. This results in two recombinant duplexes containing the semi conserved transposable element flanked by the previous...
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of causing a fatal mutation in the host, and thus eliminating the transposable element. One of the reasons Tn5 is so unreactive is because the N- and C-termini...
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Peter L.; Jones, Peter A. (11 August 2020). "DNA methylation enables transposable element-driven genome expansion". Proceedings of the National Academy of...
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transcriptase Reverse transcriptase-related cellular gene Ribozyme Spiegelman's Monster Tandem repeat Transposable element Retroposon Transpoviron Xenobot...
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transcriptase Reverse transcriptase-related cellular gene Ribozyme Spiegelman's Monster Tandem repeat Transposable element Retroposon Transpoviron Xenobot...
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Repeated sequence (DNA) (redirect from Repeat element)
retrotransposons as "Class I" and DNA transposons as "Class II" transposable elements. Transposable elements are estimated to constitute 45% of the human genome...
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species. However, polyploidization is associated with an increase in transposable element content and relaxed purifying selection on recessive deleterious...
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prominent role of RdDM is the stable, transgenerational suppression of transposable element (TE) activity. RdDM has also been linked to pathogen defense, abiotic...
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cells can take up extracellular DNA and express genes encoded by it Transposable element, a sequence of DNA that can move about in the genome, including transposons...
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mutagenesis (also known as STM) is a technique focused on using transposable element insertion to determine the phenotype of a locus in an organism's...
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