AUTONOMY. “Both class 1 and class 2 TEs can be either autonomous or nonautonomous. Autonomous TEs can move on their own, while nonautonomous elements require the presence of other TEs in order to move. This is because nonautonomous elements lack the gene for the transposase or reverse transcriptase that is needed for their transposition, so they must “borrow” these proteins from another element in order to move.”
http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/transposons-the-jumping-genes-518
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022