NALT

Preferred term

transposons

Topic

Discrete segments of DNA which can excise and reintegrate to another site in the genome. Most are inactive, i.e., have not been found to exist outside the integrated state. DNA transposable elements include bacterial IS (insertion sequence) elements, Tn elements, the maize controlling elements Ac and Ds, Drosophila P, gypsy, and pogo elements, the human Tigger elements and the Tc and mariner elements which are found throughout the animal kingdom.

interspersed repetitive sequences

miniature inverted repeat transposable elements

controlling elements
copia elements
DNA insertion elements
DNA transposable elements
insertion elements
insertion sequences
mutator-like transposable elements
P elements
transposable elements

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

38148

Spanish

elementos transponibles de ADN

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/28809

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 7/17/19