Transposon activity

James DW Jr, Lim E, Keller J, Plooy I, Ralston E, Dooner HK. (1995) Directed tagging of the Arabidopsis fatty acid elongationl (FAEl) gene with the maize transposon activator. Plant Cell 7 309-319. 

Brutnell, T.P., Transposon tagging in maize, Funct. Integr. Genomics 2, 4, 2002. Brutnell, T.P. and Conrad, L.J., Transposon tagging nsing Activator (Ac) in maize, Meth. Mol. Biol. 236, 157, 2003. 

Fox B, CT Walsh (1982) Mercuric reductase. Purification and characterization of a transposon-encoded flavoprotein containing an oxidation-reduction active disulfide. J Biol Chem 257 2498-2503. 

There are four types of transposon-derived repeating sequences, of which three transpose through RNA intermediates and one transposes directly as DNA (the last one is considered below). We have already identified the LINEs. The second set is called short interspersed elements (SINEs), of which the Alus are the only active members that exist in the human genome. 

Salmonella typhimurium Transposons Expression of enzyme capable of converting subsequently administered prodrug to active form Nonviral gene vector Cytotoxic... 

Bae, Y.A., Moon, S.Y., Kong, Y., Cho, S.Y. and Rhyu, M.G. (2001) Csrnl, a novel active retrotransposon in a parasitic trematode, Clonorchis sinensis, discloses a new phylogenetic clade of Ty3/gypsy-like LTR retro-transposons. Molecular Biology and Evolution 1 8, 1474-1483. 

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