Article
Evidence for retrotransposition of the I factor, a LINE element of Drosophila melanogaster.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Jun 1991
Pélisson A, Finnegan D J, Bucheton A
Abstract excerpt
LINEs are transposable elements found in various eukaryotes such as plants, protists, insects, and mammals. Their transposition is usually difficult to study, particularly in humans, where some diseases have been shown to result from LINE insertion mutations. This is due to the fact that most copies of any particular family of elements are defective and that their transposition frequency is low. By contrast, the...
Topics
- Animals
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Female
- Genotype
- Gonadal Dysgenesis
- Introns
- Larva
- Male