Interspersed Repetitive Sequences
Copies of transposable elements interspersed throughout the genome, some of which are still active and often referred to as jumping genes. There are two classes of interspersed repetitive elements. Class I elements (or RETROELEMENTS - such as retrotransposons, retroviruses, LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS and SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS) transpose via reverse transcription of an RNA intermediate. Class II elements (or DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS - such as transposons, Tn elements, insertion sequence elements and mobile gene cassettes of bacterial integrons) transpose directly from one site in the DNA to another.
Year introduced: 1999
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Tree Number(s): G02.111.570.080.708.330, G05.360.080.708.330, G05.360.340.024.425
MeSH Unique ID: D020071
Entry Terms:
- Interspersed Repetitive Sequence
- Repetitive Sequence, Interspersed
- Sequence, Interspersed Repetitive
- Sequences, Interspersed Repetitive
- Dispersed Repetitive Sequences
- Dispersed Repetitive Sequence
- Repetitive Sequence, Dispersed
- Sequence, Dispersed Repetitive
- Sequences, Dispersed Repetitive
- Repetitive Sequences, Dispersed
- Interspersed Repetitive Elements
- Element, Interspersed Repetitive
- Elements, Interspersed Repetitive
- Interspersed Repetitive Element
- Repetitive Element, Interspersed
- Repetitive Elements, Interspersed
- Repetitive Sequences, Interspersed
- Genes, Jumping
- Gene, Jumping
- Jumping Gene
- Jumping Genes
- Mobile Genetic Elements
- Element, Mobile Genetic
- Genetic Element, Mobile
- Mobile Genetic Element
- Elements, Mobile Genetic
- Genetic Elements, Mobile
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