transposons

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006501",
  "term": "transposons",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Discrete segments of DNA which can excise and reintegrate to another site in the genome. Most are inactive, i.e., have not been found to exist outside the integrated state. DNA transposable elements include bacterial IS (insertion sequence) elements, Tn elements, the maize controlling elements Ac and Ds, Drosophila P, gypsy, and pogo elements, the human Tigger elements and the Tc and mariner elements which are found throughout the animal kingdom.",
  "synonyms": [
    "DNA insertion elements",
    "DNA transposable elements",
    "P elements",
    "controlling elements",
    "copia elements",
    "insertion elements",
    "insertion sequences",
    "mutator-like transposable elements",
    "transposable elements"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "interspersed repetitive sequences",
    "transposases",
    "hybrid dysgenesis",
    "transposition (genetics)",
    "miniature inverted repeat transposable elements"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "elementos transponibles de ADN"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/transposons/"
}