I transposable elements and I-R hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila.
I factors, transposable elements related to mammalian LINEs, are responsible for I-R hybrid dysgenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Although they are not structurally related to retrovirus-like transposable elements, they appear to move around the genome via reverse transcription of a full-length RNA intermediate. The mechanism and control of this process are now being dissected at the molecular level.
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Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements