A unified classification system for eukaryotic transposable elements

Thomas Wicker; Francois Sabot; Aurelie Hua-Van; Jeffrey L. Bennetzen; Pierre Capy; Boulos Chalhoub; Andrew Flavell; Philippe Leroy; Michele Morgante; Olivier Panaud; Etienne Paux; Phillip SanMiguel; Alan H. Schulman

doi:10.1038/nrg2165

A unified classification system for eukaryotic transposable elements

Thomas Wicker, Francois Sabot, Aurelie Hua-Van, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Pierre Capy, Boulos Chalhoub, Andrew Flavell, Philippe Leroy, Michele Morgante, Olivier Panaud, Etienne Paux, Phillip SanMiguel, Alan H. Schulman

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Abstract

Our knowledge of the structure and composition of genomes is rapidly progressing in pace with their sequencing. The emerging data show that a significant portion of eukaryotic genomes is composed of transposable elements (TEs). Given the abundance and diversity of TEs and the speed at which large quantities of sequence data are emerging, identification and annotation of TEs presents a significant challenge. Here we propose the first unified hierarchical classification system, designed on the basis of the transposition mechanism, sequence similarities and structural relationships, that can be easily applied by non-experts. The system and nomenclature is kept up to date at the WikiPoson web site.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	973-982
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nature Reviews Genetics
Volume	8
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg2165
Publication status	Published - Dec 2007

Keywords

ROLLING-CIRCLE TRANSPOSONS
NON-LTR RETROTRANSPOSONS
DNA TRANSPOSONS
DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER
INTERGENE RETROTRANSPOSONS
MASSIVE AMPLIFICATION
EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS
REPETITIVE ELEMENTS
GENOME EVOLUTION
TERMINAL REPEATS

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A unified classification system for eukaryotic transposable elements

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