Eukaryotic transposable element

摘要

Disclosed are isolated transposable elements, isolated DNA sequences which encode a transposase protein (or a portion of a transposase protein), a purified transposase protein, or peptide fragments thereof, encoded by the DNA sequences. The isolated transposable elements and the isolated DNA sequences are characterized by the ability to hybridize to the DNA sequence of Minos-1. Further disclosed are methods of gene tagging, insertional mutagenesis and exon trapping. Transgenic animals and transgenic plants are also disclosed.