Article
High-frequency precise excision of the Drosophila foldback transposable element.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Collins M, Rubin G M
Abstract excerpt
Precise excision of transposable elements in prokaryotes is a rare event which occurs at a significantly lower rate than transposition and other element-mediated events. Thus, we were intrigued by a eukaryotic transposable element which seemed capable of precise excision at high frequencies. The white-crimson (wc) mutation in Drosophila, a highly unstable allele of the X-linked eye colour locus, white, resulted...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Mutation
- Recombination, Genetic