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Jumping Genes

Known as: Genes, Jumping, Gene, Jumping, Transposon 
A genetic element that is able to move from one genomic position to another.
National Institutes of Health

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Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology

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Interspersed Repetitive Sequences

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Retrotransposons

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The Moraxella catarrhalis Porin-Like Outer Membrane Protein CD Is an Adhesin for Human Lung Cells
ABSTRACT The outer membrane protein CD (OMPCD) of Moraxella catarrhalis is an outer membrane protein with several attributes of a… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A novel method for the rapid cloning in Escherichia coli of Bacillus subtilis chromosomal DNA adjacent to Tn917 insertions
SummaryA rapid and general procedure has been devised for the pBR322-mediated cloning in Escherichia coli of Bacillus subtilis… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Transposon-mediated generation of T-DNA- and marker-free rice plants expressing a Bt endotoxin gene
Transposon-mediated repositioning of transgenes is an attractive strategy to generate plants that are free of selectable markers… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Saturation mutagenesis using maize transposons.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Transfer of a conjugative transposon, Tn5397 in a model oral biofilm.
A tetracycline resistance profile was established from a microcosm dental plaque in a constant depth film fermenter. The… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Insertional mutagenesis and recovery of interrupted genes of Streptococcus mutans by using transposon Tn917: preliminary characterization of mutants displaying acid sensitivity and nutritional…
New vectors were constructed for efficient transposon Tn917-mediated mutagenesis of poorly transformable strains of Streptococcus… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Location and characteristics of the transfer region of a Bacteroides conjugative transposon and regulation of transfer genes
Many Bacteroides clinical isolates contain large conjugative transposons, which excise from the genome of a donor and transfer… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Transcriptional repression and differential splicing of Fas mRNA by early transposon (ETn) insertion in autoimmune lpr mice.
Lpr (lymphoproliferation) is a recessive trait caused by a mutation in the Fas gene which reduces the Fas transcript… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Cloning and physical characterization of katE and katF required for catalase HPII expression in Escherichia coli.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Map of plasmid RP4 derived by insertion of transposon C.
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