Glossary

C

• Class I Elements:
• Class II Elements:
• Co-integrate:
• Copy and paste transposition model:
• Cut and paste transposition model:

D

• Direct Repeats (DRs):
• DDE Domain:
• Donor Primed Replicative Transposition (DPRT):

G

• Group II introns:
• Genome decay:

H

• Horizontal gene transfer (or Lateral gene transfer):

I

• Inverted Repeats (IR):

M

• Mobilome:
• Methylase (Methylation):

P

• Plasmidome:
• Pseudogenisation:
• Peel and paste transposition model:

R

• Resolution site:
• Rolling-circle transposition model:

S

• Synaptic complex:
• Serine recombinase:
• Single-strand transposition:

T

• Target specificity:
• Transposase:
• Transposome:
• Target Primed Replicative Transposition (TPRT):
• Tyrosine recombinase: