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. 1996 Feb 1;216(1):235-7.
doi: 10.1006/viro.1996.0053.

Characterization of hitchhiker, a transposon insertion frequently associated with baculovirus FP mutants derived upon passage in the TN-368 cell line

C A Bauser  1 , T A Elick, M J Fraser
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Characterization of hitchhiker, a transposon insertion frequently associated with baculovirus FP mutants derived upon passage in the TN-368 cell line

C A Bauser et al. Virology. .
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Abstract

We characterize a new Lepidopteran transposon associated with FP mutations of baculoviruses. This transposon, designated hitchhiker, is 579 bp long with 39-bp imperfect inverted terminal repeats. hitchhiker inserts with extreme specificity for a single trinucleotide target site, TTA, within the 25K gene. This transposon is the most frequently identified insertion in serial passage baculovirus mutants isolated from TN-368 cells.

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