FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025

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General Information
Term	mobile_genetic_element	ID (Ontology)	SO:0001037 (Sequence Ontology)
Definition	A nucleotide region with either intra-genome or intracellular mobility, of varying length, which often carry the information necessary for transfer and recombination with the host genome.[ PubMed:14681355 ]
Also Known As	"INSDC_feature:mobile_element" ; "MGE" ; "mobile genetic element"
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	SO.org
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Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  region
   |__biological_region
       |__mobile_genetic_element  178140 rec.
           |__extrachromosomal_mobile_genetic_element 1482 rec.
           |   |__natural_plasmid
           |   |__natural_transposable_element 1482 rec.
           |   |__viral_sequence(+)
           |__integrated_mobile_genetic_element 178140 rec.
           |   |__cointegrated_plasmid
           |   |__genomic_island(+)
           |   |__integrated_plasmid
           |   |__integron(+)
           |   |__proviral_region(+)
           |   |__transposable_element(+) 178140 rec.
           |__mobile_intron

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Is a	biological_region
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"INSDC_feature:mobile_element" EXACT "MGE" EXACT "mobile genetic element" EXACT
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_genetic_element "wiki"