Michael, I've made up a dummy genbank file for the F element (attached as a text file). I chose this one from the 4 that were 'complete' as it had the most obvious flanking duplication. If you need any more information, let me know. Kevin LOCUS FELEMENT 4708 bp DNA INV 01-MAY-2000 DEFINITION Complete F transposable element deduced from Drosophila melanogaster genomic DNA sequence. Includes gag-related and reverse transcriptase genes. ACCESSION FELEMENT KEYWORDS . SOURCE fruit fly. ORGANISM Drosophila melanogaster Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Tracheata; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Diptera; Brachycera; Muscomorpha; Ephydroidea; Drosophilidae; Drosophila. REFERENCE 1 (bases 1 to 4708) AUTHORS O'Hare,K. TITLE F element from Drosophila melanogaster JOURNAL Unpublished REFERENCE 2 (bases 1 to 4708) AUTHORS O'Hare,K. TITLE Direct Submission JOURNAL Submitted (01-MAY-2000) Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, UK FEATURES Location/Qualifiers source 1..4708 /organism='Drosophila melanogaster' /note='This sequence is from AC005198. Other complete elements exist in AC006414, AC006302, and AC007888. This extends at the 5' end the sequence of the FW element in M17214' CDS 192..1880 /note='From translation of DNA sequence' /codon_start=1 /product='gag-related' /translation='MSQNDTRAQRQREHDERRLSIQRNNAYFSYVSPTIPNADIERSI THSPGNLLLPTNQERARSCSPALLAPTEAPLPPTTTAGEGPAARSASSSAAPAHGLTK SAKAKPLAINGTAALPAKQNENVNKKAGSTWQTGMDRYITIKRKLSPENSDLGNKPKN TRDNSTLIKNVAPANTNRFALLVDTAEDVPLGSVDIEPKKTKPPPIYIREKSTSRLVN TLIGLIGKDSFHIIPLVRGTINEIKLQTKTEDDYRKVTNYFTAQKIGFYTYQLKSSKG LQVVLKGIESDVTPEEITEALKEKGFYAKNVFNIKNRNRQPQPLFKIELEPENKPPRK NEVHPIYKLQLLLHRRITVEEPHKRNAPVQCTNCQEYGHTRSYCTLRPVCVVCGDLHD SKQCQINKENACEKKCNNCGGNHTANYRGCPIYKELKIRLHKRMNTARAHQGSATLIP SETNPEVIFSKAASFAPWPTFNTNKTTFANVLKSGMTPPTQNSRTPHEVHTKLDTQQN YHPAAQQETKTEAMMQALQQSMMEFMTFMKTTIQDMMRNQNLLIQMLVAQQSNK' CDS 1880..4561 /note='From translation of DNA sequence' /codon_start=1 /product='reverse transcriptase' /translation='MATLRIATWNANGVSQRKLELAQFLHEKHIDVMLLSETHLTSKY NFQIRDYHFYGTNHPDGKAHGGTAILIRNRMKHHFYKEFAENHLQATSINIQLDDNTL LTLAAVYCPPRFTVLEAQFLDFFQALGPHFIAAGDYNAKHTHWGSRLVNPKGKQLYKT IIKATNKLDHVSPGSPTYWPSDLNKLPDLIDFAVTKNISRSLVKAECLPDLSSDHSPV LIHLRRYAENVKPPTRLTSSKTNWLRYKKYISSHIELSPKLNTESDIESCTCALQSIL TAAALTATPKITNNTINSKKTNVQIEQLVHVKRRLRREWQSSRSPTAKQKLKVATRKL ANALKQEEDDDQRRYIEQLTPTGTKQKSLWRAHSTLRPPTETVLPIRNSSGGWARSDE DRANTFAAHLQNVFTPNQATSTFALPSYPVNRHQQHTPIVFRPKEITKIIKDNLSPKK SPGYDLITPEMIIQLPHSAVRYITKLFNAITKLGYFPQRWKMMKIIMIPKPGKNHTVA SSYRPISLLSCISKLFEKCLLIRLNQHLIYHNIIPAHQFGFRESHGTIEQVNRITTEI RTAFEYREYCTAVFLDVSQAFDKVWLDGLMFKIKTSLPESTHKLLKSYLYDRKFAVRC NTATSTVHTIEAGVPQGSVLGPTLYLIYTADIPTNSRLTVSTFADDTAILSRSRSPIQ ATAQLALYLIDIEKWLSDWRIKVNEQKCKHVTFTLNRQDCPPLLLNSIPLPKADEVTY LGVHLDRRLTWRRHIEAKKTQLKLKANNLHWLINSGSPLSLDHKVLLYNSILKPIWTY GSQLWGNASNSNIDIIQRAQSKILRTITGAPWYVRSENIQRDLNIPSVTNAITELKEK YHSKLHTHPNHLARGLIQLSSRSRLRRKDLPTQRINY' BASE COUNT 1618 a 1242 c 857 g 991 t ORIGIN 1 aatcaattaa tcaattcgat cgccgacgtg tgaagacgtt tttatcgtgc tccgcacaaa 61 atcggttgtt ttgagtgaag tgaacgccaa ataaaataaa ctaaataaaa aatctgaaag 121 cgaaagagac gctctatgcg atgcaagatc gcttaaatac atagtgaatt gttatcttaa 181 ataataaaac tatgagtcag aatgacactc gcgcccagcg tcagcgcgag catgacgaac 241 gccgactctc aattcagcgc aacaacgcgt acttctccta cgtctcaccg acaatcccaa 301 acgcagacat cgagcggtca ataacccata gcccaggaaa ccttcttcta ccaacaaatc 361 aagaaagagc gcgctcctgc tctcccgctc tattggctcc gacagaagcc ccgctacctc 421 caacaacaac agctggagag ggaccggcag cccgctctgc ctcgtcatcg gctgcacccg 481 ctcacggtct gactaagtca gcgaaagcaa aaccgctagc aataaacggt actgctgcac 541 tgccagcaaa acaaaacgaa aacgtaaaca aaaaagctgg gtcgacctgg cagactggaa 601 tggaccgcta cattacaata aagcgaaagc tcagcccgga aaattcagat ttgggaaaca 661 agccgaaaaa tacacgcgat aactctacct tgatcaaaaa tgtagcccct gcaaatacca 721 acagatttgc cttgctggta gataccgctg aggacgtgcc gctgggatcc gttgatatcg 781 aaccgaagaa aacaaagcct ccgccaatat acatccgcga gaagagcaca agccgtcttg 841 taaatacttt gattggcctt attgggaaag atagctttca tataattccc ctcgtaagag 901 gtactatcaa cgaaatcaaa cttcagacga aaacggagga cgactacaga aaagtcacaa 961 actattttac cgcacaaaaa ataggcttct acacctacca gcttaaaagc agcaagggcc 1021 tgcaagtagt cctgaagggc attgagtctg atgttacgcc cgaagagata actgaggcgc 1081 taaaggaaaa gggattttac gccaaaaacg tgttcaatat caaaaacaga aacaggcagc 1141 cccaaccact cttcaagatt gagcttgaac cagaaaacaa gcctcctaga aaaaacgagg 1201 ttcacccaat ttacaaactc cagctccttt tgcaccgtag gatcacggta gaagagccgc 1261 acaaacgcaa cgctcctgta caatgtacaa actgccaaga gtatggccac acgaggtcat 1321 attgtacact tcgcccggtg tgcgtagtct gtggagatct ccacgactcc aaacagtgtc 1381 aaattaacaa agaaaatgca tgcgagaaaa aatgtaataa ctgcgggggc aatcacacag 1441 caaactacag aggctgtcca atctacaaag agctgaaaat ccgtcttcac aaaagaatga 1501 acacggcgcg ggcacaccaa ggatcagcta ccctgatacc atcagagaca aatcctgaag 1561 taattttctc gaaagcagct agtttcgctc cctggcctac attcaacact aacaagacaa 1621 catttgctaa cgttttaaaa tcaggtatga cgcctccaac ccaaaactcc cgaactccac 1681 atgaagtgca cacaaaatta gacacacaac aaaactatca cccagctgcg cagcaggaaa 1741 caaaaactga agctatgatg caagccttac aacagagcat gatggaattt atgacattta 1801 tgaagaccac cattcaagac atgatgcgta atcaaaacct tttgatacaa atgcttgtag 1861 cccaacaatc aaataaataa tggctacctt acgcatagct acgtggaacg ccaatggcgt 1921 ctcacagcgc aaacttgagc tagctcaatt cctacatgag aagcatatcg acgtaatgct 1981 tctttcggaa actcatctca caagcaaata caattttcaa ataagagact accatttcta 2041 cggtacaaat catcccgacg gaaaagcaca cggtggcacc gccatactca taaggaaccg 2101 tatgaagcac cacttttaca aagaatttgc ggaaaatcat cttcaggcca catctatcaa 2161 cattcagctg gatgacaaca ctctccttac actagcggcc gtatactgcc ccccccgttt 2221 cacagtatta gaagctcaat tcctggattt cttccaagca ctagggccac acttcattgc 2281 agcaggcgac tacaacgcta aacatactca ctggggatcg cgacttgtga acccaaaagg 2341 aaaacagctt tataagacga taataaaagc cactaataaa cttgaccatg tttcccccgg 2401 gagtcctaca tactggccat cagacctcaa taagctgcca gacctgatcg acttcgcagt 2461 tacgaaaaat atttcccgca gtttggttaa agctgaatgt ctgccggatc tctcatctga 2521 tcactcgcct gtactaattc acctccgccg atacgcagaa aacgtgaaac caccaaccag 2581 attgacctct agcaaaacaa actggctcag gtataaaaaa tatataagtt cacatattga 2641 gctaagccca aaactcaata ctgaatctga tatagagagc tgcacgtgtg cattgcaatc 2701 catccttact gcagcagctc ttactgcaac acccaaaata acaaataata caattaattc 2761 aaaaaagacc aacgtacaaa tcgagcaact cgtccacgta aaacgtcgct tacgcagaga 2821 atggcaatct tccagatccc caactgcaaa acaaaagcta aaagtagcca cacggaaact 2881 ggccaacgct ctgaaacaag aagaggacga cgatcagcgc cgatacatag agcaactcac 2941 accaacaggc acaaaacaaa agtcactgtg gcgagcccac tcaactcttc gcccaccgac 3001 tgaaaccgtt ttgccgataa ggaattcatc aggtggctgg gcccgtagtg atgaagacag 3061 agccaacaca tttgccgctc acctacaaaa tgtgttcacg ccaaaccagg ctactagcac 3121 attcgcgcta ccgtcctatc ccgtaaaccg ccatcagcaa cacaccccaa ttgtgtttcg 3181 tcctaaagaa ataactaaaa taatcaaaga caatctcagc ccgaaaaaat cccccggcta 3241 cgaccttata acaccggaaa tgatcatcca gctgccacat tctgcagttc gctacataac 3301 caagctcttt aatgccatca ccaaacttgg ttactttcca caacgatgga agatgatgaa 3361 gatcataatg attccaaagc ctggtaagaa ccacacagtc gcttcatctt acagaccaat 3421 aagtctactc tcatgcattt cgaaactatt cgaaaaatgc ctgctgatcc gacttaatca 3481 acatctgata taccacaata taatcccagc ccaccaattt ggatttcgcg aaagccacgg 3541 aaccattgaa caggtgaatc gtattacaac ggaaataaga actgcatttg aatatcgcga 3601 atactgtaca gcagtatttt tagacgtatc ccaagcattc gacaaagtct ggctcgacgg 3661 cctaatgttt aaaattaaaa catccctacc cgaaagcaca cacaaacttc taaagtctta 3721 cctctatgac agaaagtttg cagtgcggtg caacactgcc acttccactg ttcatacaat 3781 tgaggctgga gtcccccaag gcagcgttct tgggccaacc ttatacctca tctatacagc 3841 cgacatccct acaaatagtc gcttaacggt atccacattt gccgacgata cagctatcct 3901 tagccgttca aggtccccta tccaagctac agcacagttg gcactgtacc tcatcgacat 3961 tgagaagtgg ctctctgact ggcgaataaa agtaaacgag caaaaatgca agcacgtgac 4021 gtttacgcta aacagacaag actgtcctcc gctcttgttg aacagcatac cactcccgaa 4081 agcagacgag gtaacgtacc taggagtaca cctagacaga agactcacat ggcgcaggca 4141 cattgaagcc aaaaaaaccc aacttaaact caaagccaac aacttacact ggctcatcaa 4201 ctctggttct ccgctcagcc tagatcacaa ggtcttgctc tacaattcta tattgaaacc 4261 aatctggacc tatggctcac agttatgggg caatgccagc aacagcaata ttgacatcat 4321 tcagcgagca caatcaaaga ttctgagaac catcactggg gcaccgtggt acgttcggag 4381 tgaaaacatc caaagagact taaatatccc atcagttacc aacgcaatca cggaacttaa 4441 ggaaaaatac catagcaagc ttcacacgca ccccaaccac ctagcgcgag gtctaatcca 4501 gctcagcagc cgttcccgtc tccggcgaaa ggacctacca acccagcgaa taaattatta 4561 gggccgttta aacatagaac agttggaaaa ataatacaac tgttcaaaaa atacttgtta 4621 tagttaagat ttttaaactt attgttagtt cttatacaag aagattcaat aaataaaagc 4681 aaagtaaaat aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa //