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Retroelement

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retrotransposonnoun(genetics) A transposable fragment of a genome that can undergo retrotransposition.
retroposonnoun(genetics) A fragment of DNA inserted into a chromosome following reverse transcription from RNA.
retrotranspositionnoun(genetics) The reverse transposition of an RNA intermediate.
retroplasmidnoun(genetics) Any plasmid that replicates via reverse transcription
retropseudogenenoun(genetics) A decayed retrocopy.
retrogenenoun(genetics) A piece of DNA reverse transcribed from mRNA inserted into a random place in the genome.
retropositionnoun(anatomy) backward displacement of a body part
retrotranscriptionnoun(genetics) Synonym of reverse transcription.
retrosequencenoun(genetics) A sequence of DNA produced by reverse transcription
retrotranscriptomenoun(genetics) A complete set of retrotranscripts
retronnoun(biochemistry) A sequence of DNA associated with reverse transcription
retrotranslocationnoun(biochemistry) The reverse process of translocation.
retrotransloconnounA translocon associated with retrotranslocation
retromobilizationnoun(genetics) Synonym of retrotransfer.
retrocopynoun(genetics) A retrogene, copied from mRNA, that has lost all introns
retrotranslocatornounSynonym of retrotranslocon.
retromutationnoun(genetics) A mutation to a previous (typically an original) form.
transrepressornoun(genetics) A transfected genetic repressor.
retrotransductionnounretrograde transduction (of DNA)
retroduplicationnoun(genetics) The reverse transcription of a gene from mRNA into a complementary DNA copy

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