Interspersed repetitive sequences

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003511",
  "term": "Interspersed repetitive sequences",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "dispersed repetitive sequences",
    "jumping genes",
    "mobile genetic elements"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "repetitive sequences",
    "insertional mutagenesis",
    "transposons",
    "retrotransposons"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2015",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "secuencias repetitivas dispersas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/interspersed-repetitive-sequences/"
}