Mobile genetic elements
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Mobile genetic elements
Mobile genetic elements (MGE) are a type of DNA that can move around within the genome. They include:
- Transposons (also called transposable elements)
- Plasmids
- Bacteriophage elements, like Mu, which integrates randomly into the genome
- Group II introns
The total of all mobile genetic elements in a genome may be referred to as the mobilome.
Barbara McClintock was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for her discovery of mobile genetic elements".[1]
See also
References
- Miller, W. J.; Capy, P., eds. (2004), Mobile genetic elements : protocols and genomic applications, Humana Press, ISBN 1-58829-007-7.
- Shapiro, J.A., ed. (1983), Mobile genetic elements, Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-638680-3.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1983". nobelprize.org. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1983/. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
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