Article
A genetically tagged, defective I element can be complemented by actively transposing I factors in the germline of I-R dysgenic females in Drosophila melanogaster.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 30 Aug 1995
Chaboissier M C, Bornecque C, Busseau I, Bucheton A
Abstract excerpt
Non-LTR retrotransposons, also known as LINEs, transpose by reverse transcription of an RNA intermediate. Their mechanism of transposition is apparently different from that of retrotransposons and similar to that of proviruses of retroviruses. The I factor is responsible for the I-R system of hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Inducer strains contain several functional I factors whereas reactive...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Base Sequence
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Genes, Insect
- Genes, Reporter
- Germ Cells
- Introns
- Male
