Retrotransposon

Preferred Label : Retrotransposon;

NCIt synonyms : Transposon;

NCIt definition : Retrotransposons are transposable DNA elements (transposons) that employ retroviral-like reverse transcription during the process of transposition: retrotransposon DNA is first transcribed into an RNA template, then reverse transcribed into DNA, and then inserted into a new genomic site.;

Details

Origin ID

C1508;

UMLS CUI

C0600401;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- DNA transposable elements [MeSH Descriptor]
- retroelements [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- retrotransposons [MeSH concept]
- transposon [IUPAC Term]
Semantic type(s)
- Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- retrotransposons [MeSH concept]
- transposon [IUPAC Term]

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