Preferred Label : interspersed repetitive sequences;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : interspersed repetitive sequence; interspersed repetitive element; dispersed repetitive sequences; element, interspersed repetitive; repetitive element, interspersed; sequences, interspersed repetitive; repetitive sequences, interspersed; repetitive sequence, interspersed; sequence, interspersed repetitive; repetitive sequences, dispersed; dispersed repetitive sequence; repetitive sequence, dispersed; sequence, dispersed repetitive; sequences, dispersed repetitive; interspersed repetitive elements; elements, interspersed repetitive; repetitive elements, interspersed;
MeSH hyponym : mobile genetic elements; genes, jumping; Element, Mobile Genetic; Genetic Element, Mobile; Mobile Genetic Element; Elements, Mobile Genetic; Genetic Elements, Mobile; Gene, Jumping; Jumping Gene; Jumping Genes;
MeSH annotation : GEN: prefer specifics - DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS or RETROELEMENTS or its indentions; general or unspecified; prefer specifics;
Is substance : O;
Origin ID : D020071;
UMLS CUI : C0600455;
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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.
