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WormBase Tree Display for Transposon_family: Tc3

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Tc3TitleC.elegans transposable family Tc3.
DescriptionTc3 is an active mariner/Tc1-like DNA transposon [1]. There are 17 copies of Tc3 in the sequenced C. elegans genome. They are ~99.84% identical to the consensus sequence. Tc3 copies are flanked by the TA target site duplications. The preferential target site is aTAt [2]. Tc3 has 467-bp terminal inverted repeats. Tc3 encodes a 329-aa Tc3p transposase (2 exons, positions 720-1136 and 1185-1757).
Family_members (22)
In_variation (255)
Associated_motifCe000109