Mobile genetic elements

A mobile genetic element is a DNA sequence, the position in the genome is variable. The entirety of the mobile genetic elements in the genome referred to as Mobilom.

Properties

Mobile genetic elements such as selfish DNA ( such as transposon retroelements, insertion sequences, and inteins ), but Group II - introns inserted is many plasmids and bacteriophages (such as phage Mu ). For the discovery of mobile genetic elements Barbara McClintock in 1983 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

In bacteria facilitate mobile genetic elements horizontal gene transfer for the exchange of resistance and virulence factors such as antibiotic resistance or pathogenicity.

ACLAME (of English. A classification of mobile genetic elements, a classification of mobile genetic elements ') is an online database of mobile genetic elements.