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Transposon - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Transposon : (noun)
1: a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many
different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment
of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)
[syn: jumping gene]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Transposon : Transposon: A short mobile DNA sequence that can replicate and of which copies can be inserted at random sites within chromosomes. A transposon has almost identical sequences at each end and
inverted repeat sequences (that run in the opposite direction). It codes for the enzyme, transposase, that catalyses its insert in the chromosome.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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