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- noun Plural form of
transposon .
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Retrotransposons also called transposons via RNA intermediates are genetic elements that can amplify themselves in a genome and are ubiquitous components of the DNA of many eukaryotic organisms.
Signature in the Cell: self-contradiction and repetition - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Genes called transposons in the single-celled pond-dwelling organism Oxytricha produce cell proteins known as transposases.
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It showed that an important source of genetic innovation comes from bits of DNA, called transposons, that make up roughly half of our genome and that were previously thought to be genetic “junk.”
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Already in 1979, Sakano, Tonegawa who would later win a Nobel Prize for his discovery of VDJ recombination and colleagues identified the RSSs and noticed that they shared features with the recombination sequences of certain mobile DNA elements called transposons 2.
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Then, there's a class called transposons, also known as jumping genes.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows junnibug 2010
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Such sequences, known as transposons, were once considered "junk DNA" simply because scientists did not know if they had a function, but now, many scientists believe they may be key in determining how an organism's genes actually work.
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They also found an unexpectedly high number of these jumping genes, known as transposons, in lung tumors and said that they may hold clues to the highly deadly cancer.
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They also found an unexpectedly high number of these jumping genes, known as transposons, in lung tumours and said they may hold clues to the highly deadly cancer.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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They also found an unexpectedly high number of these jumping genes, known as transposons, in lung tumors and said they may hold clues to the highly deadly cancer.
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Aug 11, 2008 | not rated yet | no comments yet Scientists have known for decades that certain genes (called transposons) can jump around the genome in an individual cell.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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