DNA Transposable Elements

"DNA Transposable Elements" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Discrete segments of DNA which can excise and reintegrate to another site in the genome. Most are inactive, i.e., have not been found to exist outside the integrated state. DNA transposable elements include bacterial IS (insertion sequence) elements, Tn elements, the maize controlling elements Ac and Ds, Drosophila P, gypsy, and pogo elements, the human Tigger elements and the Tc and mariner elements which are found throughout the animal kingdom.

Descriptor ID	D004251
MeSH Number(s)	D13.444.308.520 G02.111.570.080.708.330.200 G05.360.080.708.330.200 G05.360.340.024.425.200
Concept/Terms	DNA Transposable Elements DNA Transposable Elements DNA Transposable Element Element, DNA Transposable Elements, DNA Transposable Transposable Element, DNA Transposable Elements, DNA Transposable Elements Element, Transposable Elements, Transposable Transposable Element Tn Elements Tn Elements Element, Tn Elements, Tn Tn Element Insertion Sequence Elements Insertion Sequence Elements IS Elements Element, IS Elements, IS IS Element Elements, Insertion Sequence Element, Insertion Sequence Insertion Sequence Element Sequence Element, Insertion Sequence Elements, Insertion DNA Insertion Elements DNA Insertion Elements DNA Insertion Element Element, DNA Insertion Elements, DNA Insertion Insertion Element, DNA Insertion Elements, DNA DNA Transposons DNA Transposons DNA Transposon Transposon, DNA Transposons, DNA

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides [D13]
Nucleic Acids [D13.444]
DNA [D13.444.308]
DNA Transposable Elements [D13.444.308.520]
Biological Sciences [G]
Chemical Phenomena [G02]
Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
Molecular Structure [G02.111.570]
Base Sequence [G02.111.570.080]
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid [G02.111.570.080.708]
Interspersed Repetitive Sequences [G02.111.570.080.708.330]
DNA Transposable Elements [G02.111.570.080.708.330.200]
Genetic Phenomena [G05]
Genetic Structures [G05.360]
Base Sequence [G05.360.080]
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid [G05.360.080.708]
Interspersed Repetitive Sequences [G05.360.080.708.330]
DNA Transposable Elements [G05.360.080.708.330.200]
Genome [G05.360.340]
Genome Components [G05.360.340.024]
Interspersed Repetitive Sequences [G05.360.340.024.425]
DNA Transposable Elements [G05.360.340.024.425.200]

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Bar chart showing 104 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	1	2
1999	1	0	1
2000	2	1	3
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	4	5
2003	1	2	3
2004	0	3	3
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	1	2
2007	2	4	6
2008	2	1	3
2009	1	3	4
2011	4	3	7
2012	1	3	4
2013	4	1	5
2014	1	1	2
2015	2	2	4
2016	0	1	1
2017	7	4	11
2018	2	3	5
2019	2	3	5
2020	2	2	4
2021	3	2	5
2022	2	2	4
2023	4	1	5
2024	1	3	4
2025	2	0	2
2026	1	1	2

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Rice NP, Ho S, Weng Z, Theurkauf WE. Rapid disassembly and Piwi-independent reassembly of Drosophila piRNA cluster heterochromatin following acute heat shock. RNA. 2026 02 17; 32(3):359-378.

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Ho S, Rice NP, Yu T, Weng Z, Theurkauf WE. Aub, Vasa, and Armi concentration in phase-separated nuage is dispensable for piRNA biogenesis and transposon silencing. RNA. 2026 02 17; 32(3):341-358.

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Jinich A, Zaveri A, DeJesus MA, Spencer A, Almada-Monter R, Flores-Bautista E, Smith CM, Sassetti CM, Rock JM, Ehrt S, Schnappinger D, Ioerger TR, Rhee KY. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transposon Sequencing Database (MtbTnDB): A Large-Scale Guide to Genetic Conditional Essentiality. Mol Microbiol. 2025 Jul; 124(1):91-101.

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Lee SK, Shen W, Wen W, Joo Y, Xue Y, Park A, Qiang A, Su S, Zhang T, Zhang M, Fan J, Zhang Y, De S, Gainetdinov I, Sharov A, Maragkakis M, Wang W. Topoisomerase 3b facilitates piRNA biogenesis to promote transposon silencing and germ cell development. Cell Rep. 2025 Apr 22; 44(4):115495.

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Abajorga M, Yurkovetskiy L, Luban J. piRNA Defense Against Endogenous Retroviruses. Viruses. 2024 11 09; 16(11).

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Wu MJ, Kondo H, Kammula AV, Shi L, Xiao Y, Dhiab S, Xu Q, Slater CJ, Avila OI, Merritt J, Kato H, Kattel P, Sussman J, Gritti I, Eccleston J, Sun Y, Cho HM, Olander K, Katsuda T, Shi DD, Savani MR, Smith BC, Cleary JM, Mostoslavsky R, Vijay V, Kitagawa Y, Wakimoto H, Jenkins RW, Yates KB, Paik J, Tassinari A, Saatcioglu DH, Tron AE, Haas W, Cahill D, McBrayer SK, Manguso RT, Bardeesy N. Mutant IDH1 inhibition induces dsDNA sensing to activate tumor immunity. Science. 2024 07 12; 385(6705):eadl6173.

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Ho S, Theurkauf W, Rice N. piRNA-Guided Transposon Silencing and Response to Stress in Drosophila Germline. Viruses. 2024 04 30; 16(5).

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Ar?valo S, P?rez Rico D, Abarca D, Dijkhuizen LW, Sarasa-Buisan C, Lindblad P, Flores E, Nierzwicki-Bauer S, Schluepmann H. Genome Engineering by RNA-Guided Transposition for Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. ACS Synth Biol. 2024 03 15; 13(3):901-912.

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Gainetdinov I, Vega-Badillo J, Cecchini K, Bagci A, Colpan C, De D, Bailey S, Arif A, Wu PH, MacRae IJ, Zamore PD. Relaxed targeting rules help PIWI proteins silence transposons. Nature. 2023 07; 619(7969):394-402.

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Paulat NS, Storer JM, Moreno-Santill?n DD, Osmanski AB, Sullivan KAM, Grimshaw JR, Korstian J, Halsey M, Garcia CJ, Crookshanks C, Roberts J, Smit AFA, Hubley R, Rosen J, Teeling EC, Vernes SC, Myers E, Pippel M, Brown T, Hiller M, Rojas D, D?valos LM, Lindblad-Toh K, Karlsson EK, Ray DA. Chiropterans Are a Hotspot for Horizontal Transfer of DNA Transposons in Mammalia. Mol Biol Evol. 2023 05 02; 40(5).

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