Fruitfly Transposons

Transposons in Drosophila

• Bergman CM, Bensasson D.  Recent LTR retrotransposon insertion contrasts with waves of non-LTR insertion since speciation in Drosophila melanogaster.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jul 3;104(27):11340-5. Epub 2007 Jun 25.
• Bergman CM, Quesneville H, Anxolabehere D, Ashburner M.  Recurrent insertion and duplication generate networks of transposable element sequences in the Drosophila melanogaster genome.  Genome Biol. 2006;7(11):R112.
• Kaminker JS et al.  The transposable elements of the Drosophila melanogaster euchromatin: a genomics perspective.  Genome Biol. 2002;3(12):RESEARCH0084. Epub 2002 Dec 23.
• Vieira C, Lepetit D, Dumont S, Biemont C.  Wake up of transposable elements following Drosophila simulans worldwide colonization.  Mol Biol Evol. 1999 Sep;16(9):1251-5.
• Carareto CM, Kim W, Wojciechowski MF, O'Grady P, Prokchorova AV, Silva JC, Kidwell MG.  Testing transposable elements as genetic drive mechanisms using Drosophila P element constructs as a model system.  Genetica. 1997;101(1):13-33.

• Liao GC, Rehm EJ, Rubin GM.  Insertion site preferences of the P transposable element in Drosophila melanogaster.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Mar 28;97(7):3347-51.
• Linheiro RS, Bergman CM.  Testing the palindromic target site model for DNA transposon insertion using the Drosophila melanogaster P-element.  Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Oct 1.

• Tc1/mariner and relatives
  • Transpositional mechanism
    • Vos JC, van Luenen HG, Plasterk RH.  Characterization of the Caenorhabditis elegans Tc1 transposase in vivo and in vitro.  Genes Dev. 1993 Jul;7(7A):1244-53.
    • Zhang L, Dawson A, Finnegan DJ.  DNA-binding activity and subunit interaction of the mariner transposase.  Nucleic Acids Res. 2001 Sep 1;29(17):3566-75.
    • Lipkow K, Buisine N, Lampe DJ, Chalmers R.  Early intermediates of mariner transposition: catalysis without synapsis of the transposon ends suggests a novel architecture of the synaptic complex.  Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Sep;24(18):8301-11.
    • Pietrokovski S, Henikoff S.  A helix-turn-helix DNA-binding motif predicted for transposases of DNA transposons.  Mol Gen Genet. 1997 May;254(6):689-95.
  • Homologues in Drosophila
    • Merriman PJ, Grimes CD, Ambroziak J, Hackett DA, Skinner P, Simmons MJ.  S elements: a family of Tc1-like transposons in the genome of Drosophila melanogaster.  Genetics. 1995 Dec;141(4):1425-38.
    • Arca B, Savakis C.  Distribution of the transposable element Minos in the genus Drosophila.  Genetica. 2000;108(3):263-7.
    • Metaxakis A, Oehler S, Klinakis A, Savakis C.  Minos as a genetic and genomic tool in Drosophila melanogaster.  Genetics. 2005 Oct;171(2):571-81. Epub 2005 Jun 21.
  • Homologues elsewhere
    • Feschotte C, Mouches C.  Evidence that a family of miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) from the Arabidopsis thaliana genome has arisen from a pogo-like DNA transposon.  Mol Biol Evol. 2000 May;17(5):730-7.
    • The D35E domain: Doak TG, Doerder FP, Jahn CL, Herrick G.  A proposed superfamily of transposase genes: transposon-like elements in ciliated protozoa and a common "D35E" motif.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Feb 1;91(3):942-6.
  • Historical interest
    • Brierley HL, Potter SS.  Distinct characteristics of loop sequences of two Drosophila foldback transposable elements.  Nucleic Acids Res. 1985 Jan 25;13(2):485-500.
    • Caizzi R, Caggese C, Pimpinelli S.  Bari-1, a new transposon-like family in Drosophila melanogaster with a unique heterochromatic organization.  Genetics. 1993 Feb;133(2):335-45.
  • Reviews
    • Hartl DL, Lohe AR, Lozovskaya ER.  Modern thoughts on an ancyent marinere: function, evolution, regulation.  Annu Rev Genet. 1997;31:337-58.
    • Plasterk RH, Izsvak Z, Ivics Z.  Resident aliens: the Tc1/mariner superfamily of transposable elements.  Trends Genet. 1999 Aug;15(8):326-32.

• Transposons & Piwi RNAs
  • Brennecke J, Aravin AA, Stark A, Dus M, Kellis M, Sachidanandam R, Hannon GJ.  Discrete small RNA-generating loci as master regulators of transposon activity in Drosophila.  Cell. 2007 Mar 23;128(6):1089-103. Epub 2007 Mar 8.