Classification of mobile genetic elements
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Mobile genetic elements — in the Cell (left) and in what ways they can be acquired (right). Mobile genetic elements (MGE) are a type of DNA that can move around within the genome. They include: Transposons (also called transposable elements) Retrotransposons DNA… … Wikipedia
Escherichia coli — E. coli redirects here. For the protozoan parasite, see Entamoeba coli. For the 2011 E.coli outbreak, see 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak. For a specific strain, see Escherichia coli (disambiguation). For Escherichia coli in molecular biology, see… … Wikipedia
Transposable element — A bacterial DNA transposon Transposable elements (TEs) are sequences of DNA that can move or transpose themselves to new positions within the genome of a single cell. The mechanism of transposition can be either copy and paste or cut and paste .… … Wikipedia
bacteria — bacterial, adj. bacterially, adv. /bak tear ee euh/, n.pl., sing. bacterium / tear ee euhm/. ubiquitous one celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom … Universalium
Noncoding DNA — In genetics, noncoding DNA describes components of an organism s DNA sequences that do not encode for protein sequences. In many eukaryotes, a large percentage of an organism s total genome size is noncoding DNA, although the amount of noncoding… … Wikipedia
Transposon — Transposons are sequences of DNA that can move around to different positions within the genome of a single cell, a process called transposition. In the process, they can cause mutations and change the amount of DNA in the genome. Transposons were … Wikipedia
Virus — This article is about the biological agent. For other uses, see Virus (disambiguation). For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to viruses. Viruses … Wikipedia
Staphylococcus — Not to be confused with Streptococcus. Staphylococcus SEM micrograph of S. aureus colonies; note the grape like clustering common to Staphylococcus species. Scientif … Wikipedia
Plasmid — Figure 1: Illustration of a bacterium with plasmid enclosed showing chromosomal DNA and plasmids. In microbiology and genetics, a plasmid is a DNA molecule that is separate from, and can replicate independently of, the chromosomal DNA … Wikipedia
Site-specific recombination — ite specific recombinationIn site specific recombination, DNA strand exchange takes place between segments possessing only a limited degree of sequence homology (Kolb 2002; Coates et al., 2005). Site specific recombinases perform rearrangements… … Wikipedia
