Transposable genetic elements.
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Authors
- Cohen, Stanley N.; Shapiro, James A.; Cohen, S N; Shapiro, J A
- Source
- Scientific American; Feb80, Vol. 242 Issue 2, p40-49, 10p, 13 Diagrams
- Subject
- TRANSPOSONS
DNA
MOBILE genetic elements
NUCLEOTIDES
GENES
CELLS
CHROMOSOMES
GENETICS
VIRUSES
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368733
The article focuses on the behavior of transposable genetic elements or transposons. The authors describe that transposons are genetic elements that affect recombination processes that join together DNA segments with minor or no nucleotide homologous sequence, and that these processes are significant in the arrangement of genetic information and regulation of its expression.