transposon

See also: transposón

English

Etymology

From transpose +‎ -on.

Noun

transposon (plural transposons)

1. (genetics) A segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to the genome of another species.

   Synonyms: jumping gene, transposable element, TE

   • 2002, Ahmet Ipek, Introduction of an Ac/Ds Based Two-element Transposon Tagging System and Trans-activation of Ds in Carrot (Daucus Carota L.), University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 44,

     Transposon tagging is a powerful technique to identify and clone genes. The successful application of transposon tagging requires previous identification and cloning of a transposon in the species under consideration.

   • 2003, Karl J. Clark, The Development of Sleeping Beauty Gene-trap Transposons for Insertional Mutagenesis of Vertebrates, University of Minnesota, page 7:

     An alternative approach to the use of retroviruses was to use a DNA transposon to integrate DNA into zebrafish chromosomes.

   • 2018 March 26, Nicola Davis, “The human microbiome: why our microbes could be key to our health”, in The Guardian:

     Our genome also contains stretches of genetic material called transposons that, at least in some cases, are thought to have been introduced long ago by viruses.

Derived terms

• retrotransposon
• transposonal
• transposon mutagenesis
• transposon tagging

Translations

segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轉座子 / 转座子 (zhuǎnzuòzǐ)

• Dutch: transposon (nl) n, springend gen (nl) n
• French: transposon (fr) m
• German: Transposon n
• Icelandic: stökkull (is) m, stökkgen n
• Italian: trasposone (it) m
• Polish: transpozon m
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can

See also

• transposase
• transpososome

Further reading

• Retrotransposon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Transposon mutagenesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Transposon silencing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Transposon tagging on Wikipedia.Wikipedia