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The yeast Ty element: Recent advances in the study of a model retro‐element
Author(s) -
Adams Sally E.,
Kingsman Susan M.,
Kingsman Alan J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.950070102
Subject(s) - transposable element , transposition (logic) , yeast , mobile genetic elements , biology , element (criminal law) , dna transposable elements , genetics , retrotransposon , computational biology , genome , computer science , gene , artificial intelligence , political science , law
The past three years have seen a dramatic increase in our understanding of the structural organization and expression strategies of the dispersed, repetitive yeast transposon, Ty. These studies have led to a logical comparison of Ty with retroviral proviruses and other mobile, repetitive elements. Such comparisons have culminated in the hypotheses that transposition occurs via the formation of Ty‐encoded virus‐like particles and that these particles represent a basic unit of all ‘retro‐systems’.