FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
Natural Transposon: Dtes\R2-element
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General Information
Symbol
Dtes\R2-element
Species
D. testacea
Feature type
natural_transposable_element
FlyBase ID
FBte0000751
Sequences and Components
Complete element (bp)
Terminal repeat (bp)
Reference sequence
transposon_sequence_set.fa.gz   transposon_sequence_set.gff.gz
Component genes
Dtes\R2-element\ORF
Sequence Accessions
GenBank Nucleotide - A collection of sequences from several sources, including GenBank, RefSeq, TPA, and PDB.
Sequence Ontology (SO)
Insertions and Copy Number
Copy number and comments
Search for
Target Site Duplication
Size (bp)
Orthologs
Curated drosophilid orthologs
Comments

Analysis of 5' junction sequences of 94 R2-elements from 14 species reveals that no sequences at the 5' end of the R2-element appear to be required for element integration. A model in which the R2-element reverse transcriptase is capable of switching templates from the R2-element RNA transcript to the upstream 28SrRNA gene can best explain the observed 5' junction sequences.

(George et al., 1996)
Other Information
Etymology
External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 1 )
Crossreferences
GenBank Nucleotide - A collection of sequences from several sources, including GenBank, RefSeq, TPA, and PDB.
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (2)
Reported As
Symbol Synonym
Dtes\R2-element
R2-element
Secondary FlyBase IDs
  • FBgn0016386
References (4)