Genetic Function
retrotransposition
Definitions related to retrotransposition:
  • Any DNA Integration in which the donor molecule is a retrotransposon.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A type of transposition in which a transposable element (transposon) copies and pastes itself into a different genomic location by transcription and convertsion of the transcribed RNA back into DNA through reverse transcription.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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