Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab
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Blog Post
Published
July 6, 2021, 1:28 p.m.
...reverse transcriptase so they can transpose. Both class I and II transposons can be autonomous or non-autonomous...transposon lands. For example, in bacteria, transposons can move antibiotic resistance genes between plasmids...result in human disease. While transposon insertions can be detrimental, it also drives genomic evolution ... (RT) enzyme to convert back into DNA. Then they can be inserted into new target sites. Created in BioRender.com...BioRender.com.
Autonomous vs. non-autonomous TEs
You can think of autonomous transposons as “complete transposons... is provided in trans so that a gene of interest can be inserted between the transposon’s LTRs, similar... DNA footprint sequence after excision. piggyBac can mobilize DNA over 100 kB in size and is active in...