Category:SO:0001037 ! mobile genetic element

id: SO:0001037
name: mobile_genetic_element
def: "A nucleotide region with either intra-genome or intracellular moblity, of varying length, which often carry the information necessary for transfer and recombination with the host genome." [PMID:14681355]
subset: SOFA
synonym: "MGE" EXACT []
synonym: "mobile genetic element" EXACT []
xref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_genetic_element "wiki"
is_a: SO:0001411 ! biological_region
intersection_of: SO:0000001 ! region
intersection_of: has_quality SO:0001234 ! mobile

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• SO:0000666 ! mobile intron
• SO:0001038 ! extrachromosomal mobile genetic element
• SO:0001039 ! integrated mobile genetic element

Categories: SO:SOFA | SO:0001411 ! biological region