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GO: Biological Process

retrotransposition

Term ID
GO:0032197
Synonyms
  • Class I transposition
  • retrotransposon transposition
  • RNA-mediated transposition
  • Tf transposition
  • transposition via RNA intermediate
  • transposition, RNA-mediated
  • Ty element transposition
  • Ty1 element transposition
  • Ty2 element transposition
  • Ty3 element transposition
Definition
A type of transposition in which a transposable element (transposon) copies and pastes itself into a different genomic location by transcription and convertsion of the transcribed RNA back into DNA through reverse transcription. (5)
References
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
Relationships
is a type of
negatively regulated by
Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes
Citations
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