Abstract The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has triggered great global public …

Repeated DNA makes up a large fraction of a typical mammalian genome, and some
repetitive elements are able to move within the genome (transposons and retrotransposons) …

Members of the Tc1/mariner superfamily of transposons isolated from fish appear to be
transpositionally inactive due to the accumulation of mutations. Molecular phylogenetic data …

A tremendous wealth of data is accumulating on the variety and distribution of transposable
elements (TEs) in natural populations. There is little doubt that TEs provide new genetic …

V (D) J recombination proceeds through a series of protein: DNA complexes mediated in
part by the RAG1 and RAG2 proteins. These proteins are responsible for sequence-specific …

A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis was conducted of non-long-terminal-repeat (non-
LTR) retrotransposons based on an extended sequence alignment of their reverse …

Mariners are a widespread and diverse family of animal transposons. Extremely similar
mariners of the irritans subfamily are present in the genomes of three divergent insect host …

Homing endonuclease genes show super-Mendelian inheritance, which allows them to
spread in populations even when they are of no benefit to the host organism. To test the idea …

Abstract The Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon is an emerging tool for transgenesis, gene
discovery, and therapeutic gene delivery in mammals. Here we studied 1,336 SB insertions …

Mariner-family transposable elements are active in a wide variety of organisms and are
becoming increasingly important genetic tools in species lacking sophisticated genetics. The …