A short mobile DNA sequence that can replicate and of which copies can be inserted at random sites within chromosomes. A transposon has almost identical sequences at each end and inverted repeat sequences (that run in the opposite direction). It codes for the enzyme, transposase, that catalyses its insert in the chromosome.

(trans-poh-son) [L. transponere, to change the position of] A transposable genetic element; a mobile segment of DNA that serves as an agent of genetic change.

Mobile nucleic acid element.

(transposable, or movable genetic element). A relatively small DNA segment that has the ability to move from one chromosomal position to another. 32 Animation, 32 Video, 32 Bio, 32 Problem

Any of the five classes (TY1 through Ty5) of mobile genetic elements in yeast that contain long terminal repeats flanking a central epsilon element that encodes two gene products, TyA (structural component) and TyB (reverse transcriptase). Ty elements are retrotransposons that move about the genome via an RNA intermediate.

A transposable or movable genetic element. A relatively small DNA segment that has the ability to move from one chromosomal position to another.

Naturally occurring genetic elements that are naturally easily removed and inserted into the genome, allowing for the recombination of genetic segments, giving rise to genetic diversity. These same el [..]

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A DNA sequence that can move within the genome

(French : gène sauteur, transposon) DNA fragment susceptible to move from one location to another in the genome.

(n) a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)

A relatively long mobile DNA element, in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, that moves in the genome by a mechanism involving DNA synthesis and transposition. See also retrotransposon.

A mobile DNA

A small amount of DNA that can easily move between genetic elements such as chromosomes and plasmids. Transposons often carry genes specifying antimicrobial resistance.

A small amount of DNA that can easily move between genetic elements such as chromosomes and plasmids. Transposons often carry genes specifying antimicrobial resistance.

A transposon is a mobile segment of DNA that serves as an agent of genetic change. Some transposons move by being cut and pasted into new locations. Others stay put but insert copies of themselves els [..]

A mobile genetic element that can move from one location in the gene and reinsert at another site.

When a piece of DNA

A transposable genetic element that moves as a unit and inserts at new locations.

A mobile piece of DNA that is flanked by terminal repeat sequences and typically bears genes coding for transposition functions. See transposable genetic element.

A type of mobile genetic element consisting of DNA that moves to new genomic locations conservatively (without replicating itself) or replicatively (moving a copy of itself).

See Mobile genetic element.

(genetics) a segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome