- 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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Transposon mutagenesis, or
transposition mutagenesis, is a
biological process that
allows genes to be
transferred to a host organism's chromosome, interrupting...
- DNA
transposons are DNA sequences,
sometimes referred to "jumping genes", that can move and
integrate to
different locations within the genome. They are...
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transposon tagging is a
process where transposons (transposable elements) are
amplified inside a
biological cell by a
tagging technique.
Transposon tagging...
- The
Sleeping Beauty transposon system is a
synthetic DNA
transposon designed to
introduce precisely defined DNA
sequences into the
chromosomes of vertebrate...
- The
PiggyBac (PB)
transposon system employs a
genetically engineered transposase enzyme to
insert a gene into a cell's genome. It is
built upon the natural...
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Transposon silencing is a form of
transcriptional gene
silencing targeting transposons.
Transcriptional gene
silencing is a
product of
histone modifications...
- The Tn3
transposon is a 4957 base pair
mobile genetic element,
found in prokaryotes. It
encodes three proteins: β-lactamase, an
enzyme that
confers resistance...
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transposase is any of a
class of
enzymes capable of
binding to the end of a
transposon and
catalysing its
movement to
another part of a genome,
typically by...
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Transposon insertion sequencing (Tn-seq)
combines transposon insertional mutagenesis with m****ively
parallel sequencing (MPS) of the
transposon insertion...
