FB2024_04 , released June 25, 2024
Natural Transposon: Dmel\Idefix
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General Information
Symbol
Idefix
Species
D. melanogaster
Feature type
natural_transposable_element
FlyBase ID
FBte0000104
Sequences and Components
Complete element (bp)

7400

(Desset et al., 1999)

7411

(Kaminker et al., 2002)
Terminal repeat (bp)

594

(Desset et al., 1999)
Reference sequence
transposon_sequence_set.embl.txt.gz
Component genes
Idefix\pol
Idefix\gag
Idefix\env
Sequence Accessions
GenBank Nucleotide - A collection of sequences from several sources, including GenBank, RefSeq, TPA, and PDB.
Sequence Ontology (SO)
Insertions and Copy Number
Copy number and comments

7 in euchromatin of Release 3 genome annotation, of which 2 are full length.

(Kaminker et al., 2002)
Search for
Target Site Duplication
Size (bp)

5

(Linheiro and Bergman, 2012)
Orthologs
Curated drosophilid orthologs
Dsim\Idefix
(Vieira et al., 1999)
Comments

Target site is a stretch of the dinucleotide AT. Multiple copies of Idefix elements are found in the heterochromatin (chromocenters). Idefix elements are also found in euchromatin.

(Desset et al., 1999)
Other Information
Etymology
External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 2 )
Crossreferences
GenBank Nucleotide - A collection of sequences from several sources, including GenBank, RefSeq, TPA, and PDB.
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (6)
Reported As
Symbol Synonym
DmeIdeV
(Pelisson et al., 2002, Terzian et al., 2001)
IDEFIX
(Satyaki et al., 2014)
IDEFIX_I
(Gunawardane et al., 2007)
Idefix
(Wierzbicki et al., 2023, Rigal et al., 2022, Giordani et al., 2021, Cavaliere et al., 2020, Lepesant et al., 2020, Mérel et al., 2020, Duc et al., 2019, Sun et al., 2018, Nefedova and Kim, 2017, Guida et al., 2016, Wylie et al., 2016, Kofler et al., 2015, Senti et al., 2015, Zhang et al., 2015, Basquin et al., 2014, Dufourt et al., 2014, Sytnikova et al., 2014, Darricarrère et al., 2013, Ohtani et al., 2013, Vagin et al., 2013, Zanni et al., 2013, Kofler et al., 2012, Linheiro and Bergman, 2012, Nishimasu et al., 2012, Tan et al., 2012, Dufourt et al., 2011, Méndez-Lago et al., 2011, Nefedova et al., 2011, Petrov et al., 2011, Wang and Elgin, 2011, Zamparini et al., 2011, Lu and Clark, 2010, Deloger et al., 2009, Li et al., 2009, Desset et al., 2008, Brennecke et al., 2007, Fablet et al., 2007, Nefedova and Kim, 2007, Smith et al., 2007, Zamore, 2007, Bergman et al., 2006, Ganko et al., 2006, Meignin et al., 2003, Conte et al., 2002)
Idefix virus
(Terzian et al., 2001)
idefix
(Ku et al., 2016, Peng et al., 2016, Wang et al., 2016, Mirkovic-Hösle and Förstemann, 2014, Patil et al., 2014, Czech et al., 2013, Darricarrère et al., 2013, Handler et al., 2013, Pane et al., 2011, Lau et al., 2009, Malone et al., 2009, Brennecke et al., 2008, Ghildiyal et al., 2008, Kawamura et al., 2008, Mugnier et al., 2008, Minervini et al., 2007)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
  • FBgn0026065
  • FBtp0011440
  • FBgn0063773
References (92)