title: Regulation of Drosophila P element transposition.
abstract: Drosophila P transposable elements are the best-studied family of eukaryotic non-retroviral transposons. P element transposition is regulated in several different ways and has thus provided a unique system with which to study the control of DNA rearrangements and gene expression in metazoans. Recent genetic and biochemical experiments have begun to shed light on the mechanism of P element transposition and the mechanisms controlling the temporal and spatial patterns of transposition.
authors.affiliation: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, MA 02142.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Rio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements