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...

Ac/Ds transposable controlling elements was the first transposable element system recognized in maize. The Ac Activator element is autonomous, whereas...

their own, while nonautonomous ones require the presence of another transposable element's gene, transposase, to move. There are three main classifications...

existence of transposable elements, which are now recognized to be among the most successful selfish genetic elements. The discovery of transposable elements...

the center of the transposable element. This results in two recombinant duplexes containing the semi conserved transposable element flanked by the previous...

Replicative transposition is a mechanism of transposition in molecular biology, proposed by James A. Shapiro in 1979, in which the transposable element is duplicated...

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...

found in. The classification does extend to other species. This transposable element is known for its uncanny ability to be transmitted horizontally in...

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...

double-strand breaks. The role of transposable elements in ectopic recombination is an area of active inquiry. Transposable elements—repetitious sequences...

retrotransposons as "Class I" and DNA transposons as "Class II" transposable elements. Transposable elements are estimated to constitute 45% of the human genome...

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...

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...

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...

Makałowski W, Toda Y (2007). "Modulation of Host Genes by Mammalian Transposable Elements". In Volff JN, Schmid M (eds.). Gene and Protein Evolution....

combine to form Exafroplacentalia or Notolegia. Updated analysis of transposable element insertions around the time of divergence strongly supports the fourth...

prominent role of RdDM is the stable, transgenerational suppression of transposable element (TE) activity. RdDM has also been linked to pathogen defense, abiotic...

that are found in the alphaproteobacteria order Rhodobacterales. A transposable element (TE) (also called a transposon or jumping gene) is a mobile segment...

(October 1982). "A virus mutant with an insertion of a copia-like transposable element". Nature. 299 (5883): 562–4. Bibcode:1982Natur.299..562M. doi:10...

Starships are a type of eukaryotic class 2 transposable element (TE). They are mobilized by a site-specific recombinase termed the "captain". They are...

transcriptase Reverse transcriptase-related cellular gene Ribozyme Spiegelman's Monster Tandem repeat Transposable element Retroposon Transpoviron Xenobot...

of the genomes of many eukaryotes. A retrotransposon is a transposable element that transposes through an RNA intermediate. Retrotransposons are composed...

transcriptase Reverse transcriptase-related cellular gene Ribozyme Spiegelman's Monster Tandem repeat Transposable element Retroposon Transpoviron Xenobot...

below the human range of hearing Insertion sequence, a short DNA transposable element Intersex, an organism with sex characteristics neither exclusively...

Peter L.; Jones, Peter A. (11 August 2020). "DNA methylation enables transposable element-driven genome expansion". Proceedings of the National Academy of...

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...

transcriptase and endonuclease activity. LINEs are the most abundant transposable element within the human genome, with approximately 20.7% of the sequences...

Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Elements (MITEs) are a group of non-autonomous Class II transposable elements (DNA sequences). Being non-autonomous...

David, CN; Steele, RE; Martínez, DE (2019). "Expansion of a single transposable element family is associated with genome-size increase and radiation in the...

LTR retrotransposons are class I transposable elements (TEs) characterized by the presence of long terminal repeats (LTRs) directly flanking an internal...