FB2024_04 , released June 25, 2024
Natural Transposon: Dmel\Burdock
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General Information
Symbol
Burdock
Species
D. melanogaster
Feature type
FlyBase ID
FBte0000739
Sequences and Components
Complete element (bp)

6411

Terminal repeat (bp)

277

Component genes
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

6411 in euchromatin of Release 3 genome annotation, of which 13 are full length.

Target Site Duplication
Size (bp)

4 (TATA in the case of the insertions into the ct hotspot)

Orthologs
Curated drosophilid orthologs
Comments

YNNUTUTUYAYA (Y = pyrimidine, U = purine).

A Burdock insertion in the ct locus (ctMR21K1) is sequenced. The element is found to be a short retrotransposon with long terminal repeats and a single open reading frame.

Nucleotide position -123 of the ct locus is a hotspot for Burdock element insertions.

Other Information
Etymology
External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 5 )
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
Burdock element
HDC14603
Secondary FlyBase IDs
  • FBgn0010302
  • FBtp0011417
References (96)