DNA Transposable Elements

"DNA Transposable Elements" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Discrete segments of DNA which can excise and reintegrate to another site in the genome. Most are inactive, i.e., have not been found to exist outside the integrated state. DNA transposable elements include bacterial IS (insertion sequence) elements, Tn elements, the maize controlling elements Ac and Ds, Drosophila P, gypsy, and pogo elements, the human Tigger elements and the Tc and mariner elements which are found throughout the animal kingdom.

Descriptor ID	D004251
MeSH Number(s)	D13.444.308.520 G02.111.570.080.708.330.200 G05.360.080.708.330.200 G05.360.340.024.425.200
Concept/Terms	DNA Transposable Elements DNA Transposable Elements DNA Transposable Element Element, DNA Transposable Elements, DNA Transposable Transposable Element, DNA Transposable Elements, DNA Transposable Elements Element, Transposable Elements, Transposable Transposable Element Tn Elements Tn Elements Element, Tn Elements, Tn Tn Element Insertion Sequence Elements Insertion Sequence Elements IS Elements Element, IS Elements, IS IS Element Elements, Insertion Sequence Element, Insertion Sequence Insertion Sequence Element Sequence Element, Insertion Sequence Elements, Insertion DNA Insertion Elements DNA Insertion Elements DNA Insertion Element Element, DNA Insertion Elements, DNA Insertion Insertion Element, DNA Insertion Elements, DNA DNA Transposons DNA Transposons DNA Transposon Transposon, DNA Transposons, DNA

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides [D13]
Nucleic Acids [D13.444]
DNA [D13.444.308]
DNA Transposable Elements [D13.444.308.520]
Biological Sciences [G]
Chemical Phenomena [G02]
Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
Molecular Structure [G02.111.570]
Base Sequence [G02.111.570.080]
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid [G02.111.570.080.708]
Interspersed Repetitive Sequences [G02.111.570.080.708.330]
DNA Transposable Elements [G02.111.570.080.708.330.200]
Genetic Phenomena [G05]
Genetic Structures [G05.360]
Base Sequence [G05.360.080]
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid [G05.360.080.708]
Interspersed Repetitive Sequences [G05.360.080.708.330]
DNA Transposable Elements [G05.360.080.708.330.200]
Genome [G05.360.340]
Genome Components [G05.360.340.024]
Interspersed Repetitive Sequences [G05.360.340.024.425]
DNA Transposable Elements [G05.360.340.024.425.200]

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1996	0	1	1
1998	1	1	2
1999	0	1	1
2000	2	0	2
2004	1	0	1
2006	0	1	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	0	2	2
2010	0	2	2
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	2	1	3
2018	1	1	2
2019	3	0	3
2020	0	3	3
2021	4	1	5
2022	1	1	2
2023	1	2	3
2024	2	0	2
2025	0	1	1

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Catlin NS, Agha HI, Platts AE, Munasinghe M, Hirsch CN, Josephs EB. Structural Variants Contribute to Phenotypic Variation in Maize. Mol Ecol. 2025 12; 34(24):e17662.

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Ou S, Scheben A, Collins T, Qiu Y, Seetharam AS, Menard CC, Manchanda N, Gent JI, Schatz MC, Anderson SN, Hufford MB, Hirsch CN. Differences in activity and stability drive transposable element variation in tropical and temperate maize. Genome Res. 2024 09 20; 34(8):1140-1153.

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Ou S, Jiang N, Hirsch CN, Hufford MB. Response to Commentary: Accounting for diverse transposable element landscapes is key to developing and evaluating accurate de novo annotation strategies. Genome Biol. 2024 01 02; 25(1):6.

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Munasinghe M, Read A, Stitzer MC, Song B, Menard CC, Ma KY, Brandvain Y, Hirsch CN, Springer N. Combined analysis of transposable elements and structural variation in maize genomes reveals genome contraction outpaces expansion. PLoS Genet. 2023 12; 19(12):e1011086.

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Scopa C, Barnada SM, Cicardi ME, Singer M, Trotti D, Trizzino M. JUN upregulation drives aberrant transposable element mobilization, associated innate immune response, and impaired neurogenesis in Alzheimer's disease. Nat Commun. 2023 12 04; 14(1):8021.

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Ellison EL, Zhou P, Hermanson P, Chu YH, Read A, Hirsch CN, Grotewold E, Springer NM. Mutator transposon insertions within maize genes often provide a novel outward reading promoter. Genetics. 2023 11 01; 225(3).

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Patoori S, Barnada SM, Large C, Murray JI, Trizzino M. Young transposable elements rewired gene regulatory networks in human and chimpanzee hippocampal intermediate progenitors. Development. 2022 10 01; 149(19).

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Barnada SM, Isopi A, Tejada-Martinez D, Goubert C, Patoori S, Pagliaroli L, Tracewell M, Trizzino M. Genomic features underlie the co-option of SVA transposons as cis-regulatory elements in human pluripotent stem cells. PLoS Genet. 2022 06; 18(6):e1010225.

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Qiu Y, O'Connor CH, Della Coletta R, Renk JS, Monnahan PJ, Noshay JM, Liang Z, Gilbert A, Anderson SN, McGaugh SE, Springer NM, Hirsch CN. Whole-genome variation of transposable element insertions in a maize diversity panel. G3 (Bethesda). 2021 09 27; 11(10).

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Ross K, Varani AM, Snesrud E, Huang H, Alvarenga DO, Zhang J, Wu C, McGann P, Chandler M. TnCentral: a Prokaryotic Transposable Element Database and Web Portal for Transposon Analysis. mBio. 2021 10 26; 12(5):e0206021.

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