FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term transposable_element ID (Ontology) SO:0000101 (Sequence Ontology)
Definition A transposon or insertion sequence. An element that can insert in a variety of DNA sequences.
Also Known As "transposable element" ; "transposon"
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Data Class Field Records
Nat. Transposons (FBte)  TRANSPOSON_TYPE     850
Insertions (FBti)  FEATURE_TYPE    5753
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 Transposons Insertions
 transposable_element (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)     850   5753
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  mobile_genetic_element
   |__integrated_mobile_genetic_element
       |__transposable_element  178140 rec.
           |__DNA_transposon 205 rec.
           |   |__conjugative_transposon
           |   |__Crypton_YR_transposon
           |   |__foldback_element 6 rec.
           |   |__helitron 2 rec.
           |   |__terminal_inverted_repeat_element(+) 197 rec.
           |__engineered_transposable_element 13 rec.
           |   |__engineered_foreign_transposable_element
           |__foreign_transposable_element
           |   |__engineered_foreign_transposable_element
           |__natural_transposable_element 1482 rec.
           |__nested_transposon
           |__retrotransposon 456 rec.
           |   |__LTR_retrotransposon(+) 218 rec.
           |   |__non_LTR_retrotransposon(+) 171 rec.
           |__transgenic_transposable_element 170560 rec.
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    "transposon" EXACT
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