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TREP, the TRansposable Elements Platform

Superfamily unknown                   RSX

Full classification: Retrotransposon, non-LTR (SINE), unknown

unknown elements are Class 1 transposons.

They are small (<1kb) non-autonomous elements of unknown superfamily. Sometimes they have a poly-A tail. Upon insertion, they create a variable bp Target site duplication (TSD).


Structure of unknown elements

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Sequence domains

polyA: Poly-A tail
Function: Result of reverse transcription of mRNA. Sometimes, it is not a poly-A (weird stuff)
Protein motifs:


43 unknown Download all 'RSX' elements in total_TREP database elements from the following taxa are in the total_TREP database:

Taxonomic groupTotal elements
FUNGI22
PLANTAE21