FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

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"

Comment

Links to External Ontologies

SO.org

Annotations

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Direct annotations: records annotated with this exact term (child terms are NOT included)

Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Nat. Transposons (FBte)	TRANSPOSON_TYPE
Insertions (FBti)	FEATURE_TYPE

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Transposons	Insertions
transposable_element (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  mobile_genetic_element
   |__integrated_mobile_genetic_element
       |__transposable_element  179342 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 1483 rec.
           |__nested_transposon
           |   |__transposon_fragment
           |__retrotransposon 457 rec.
           |   |__LTR_retrotransposon(+) 219 rec.
           |   |__non_LTR_retrotransposon(+) 171 rec.
           |__transgenic_transposable_element 171761 rec.
           |__transposable_element_CDS
           |__transposable_element_gene 332 rec.
           |   |__engineered_foreign_transposable_element_gene
           |__transposable_element_pseudogene

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Relationships
Is a	integrated_mobile_genetic_element
Part of
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"transposable element" EXACT "transposon" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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