Repbase Reports

2008, Volume 8, Issue 5
May 31, 2008
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ISSN# 1534-830X
Page 531

piggyBac-12_SM

DNA transposon from Schmidtea mediterranea.

Submitted:
30-May-2008
Accepted:
30-MAY-2008
Key Words:
piggyBac; DNA transposon; Transposable Element; piggyBac-12_SM
Source:
Schmidtea
Organism:
Schmidtea
Taxonomy:
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Platyhelminthes; Rhabditophora; Seriata; Tricladida; Continenticola; Geoplanoidea; Dugesiidae
[] Authors:
Kapitonov,V.V. and Jurka,J.
Title:
Families of autonomous piggyBac element from the freshwater planarian genome and two clear examples of horizontal transfer of piggyBac transposons between a flatworm and insect.
Journal:
Repbase Reports 8(5), 531-531 (2008)Repbase Reports
Abstract:
piggyBac-12_SM is a young family of piggyBac transposons, characterized by 18-bp TIRs (3 mismatches) and TTAA target-site duplications. The consensus sequence was reconstructed based on multiple alignment of 8 copies, which are ~98% identical to the consensus sequence.
Derived:
[1] (Consensus)
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IG, EMBL, FASTA
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