Identification of novel MITEs (miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements) in Coxiella burnetii: implications for protein and small RNA evolution

Identification of novel MITEs (miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements) in Coxiella burnetii: implications for protein and small RNA evolution

Abstract Background Coxiella burnetii is a Gram-negative gammaproteobacterium and zoonotic agent of Q fever. C. burnetii’s genome contains an abundance of pseudogenes and numerous selfish genetic elements. MITEs (miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements) are non-autonomous transposons that oc...

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Main Authors: Shaun Wachter, Rahul Raghavan, Jenny Wachter, Michael F. Minnick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Q fever
Transposon
MITE
Genetic element
Coxiella burnetii
Evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-4608-y

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