Integrative genetic element that reverses the usual target gene orientation.
A genetic element integrating site specifically into a prokaryotic gene usually carries a copy of the 3' portion of that gene that restores the active gene even as the original is disrupted. A cryptic element in Mesorhizobium loti instead carries a copy of the 5' end of the tRNA gene into which it integrated. This has implications for the evolution of new integrase-site combinations.
Zhao
Sihui
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Department of Biology, Indiana University, 1001 East Third St., Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
Williams
Kelly P
KP
D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D019426:Integrases / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional / Q000235:genetics; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012230:Rhizobiaceae / Q000235:genetics*
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D019426:Integrases