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. 1996 Oct;98(2):141-7.
doi: 10.1007/BF00121362.

Quetzal: a transposon of the Tc1 family in the mosquito Anopheles albimanus

Z Ke  1 , G L Grossman, A J Cornel, F H Collins
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Quetzal: a transposon of the Tc1 family in the mosquito Anopheles albimanus

Z Ke et al. Genetica. 1996 Oct.

Abstract

A member of the Tc1 family of transposable elements has been identified in the Central and South American mosquito Anopheles albimanus. The full-length Quetzal element is 1680 base pairs (bp) in length, possesses 236 bp inverted terminal repeats (ITRs), and has a single open reading frame (ORF) with the potential of encoding a 341-amino-acid (aa) protein that is similar to the transposases of other members of the Tc1 family, particularly elements described from three different Drosophila species. The approximately 10-12 copies per genome of Quetzal are found in the euchromatin of all three chromosomes of A. albimanus. One full-length clone, Que27, appears capable of encoding a complete transposase and may represent a functional copy of this element.

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