CACTA_TIR_transposon

Term ID

SO:0002285

Synonyms

• CACTA TIR transposon
• CACTA transposon element
• CACTC transposon
• CMC-EnSpm transposon
• dSpm transposon
• DTC transposon
• En transposon
• En-Spm transposon
• EnSpm transposon
• Spm transposon

Definition

This terminal inverted repeat of the CACTA family generate 3-bp target site duplication (TSD) upon insertion. CACTA elements do not have a significant preference for genic region insertions. This terminal inverted repeat (TIR) transposon superfamily is named CACTA because their terminal sequences are 'CACTA/G…C/TAGTG'. 26709091

References

Ontology

Sequence Ontology