FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
Natural Transposon: Dsim\Helena
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General Information
Symbol
Dsim\Helena
Species
D. simulans
Feature type
natural_transposable_element
FlyBase ID
FBte0001085
Sequences and Components
Complete element (bp)
Terminal repeat (bp)
Reference sequence
transposon_sequence_set.fa.gz   transposon_sequence_set.gff.gz
Component genes
Dsim\Helena\RTase
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

TE copies retrieved from the CAF1 assembly (from AAA) of the mosaic assembly of genomes from different strains of D. simulans.:63

(Lerat et al., 2011)
Search for
Target Site Duplication
Size (bp)
Orthologs
Curated drosophilid orthologs
Comments

The pattern of indel formation for Helena in the D.melanogaster and D.virilis groups is very similar, suggesting a high rate of DNA loss is common in Drosophila.

(Petrov and Hartl, 1998)
Other Information
Etymology
External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 4 )
Crossreferences
GenBank Nucleotide - A collection of sequences from several sources, including GenBank, RefSeq, TPA, and PDB.
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (3)
Reported As
Symbol Synonym
Dsim\Helena
Helena
(Romero-Soriano and Garcia Guerreiro, 2016)
helena
(Lerat et al., 2011, Rebollo et al., 2008)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
  • FBgn0024780
References (10)