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Polintons (also
called Mavericks) are
large DNA
transposons which contain genes with
homology to
viral proteins and
which are
often found in eukaryotic...
- protein-primed DNA polymerases.
Polintons have been
proposed to go
through a
similar self-synthesis by
their polymerase.
Polintons, 15–20 kb long,
encode up...
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Homologs of this
unique polymerase-helicase
fusion protein are
widespread in
Polinton-Like
Viruses (PLV).
Based on the
phylogenetic analysis of the helicase...
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Maverick (genetics), a type of
transposable genetic element also
known as a
polinton Maverick (Mega Man), a term to
describe irregular behavior of
robots in...
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created via
integration of a
parvovirus (of Monodnaviria)
genome into a
polinton, a virus-like self-replicating DNA molecule,
which are
related to viruses...
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Horizontal gene
transfer Intragenomic conflict PiggyBac transposon system Polinton Tn3
transposon Tn10
Transpogene Transposon tagging Kidwell MG (2005). "Transposable...
- from a
parvovirus that had its
genome integrated into the
genome of a
polinton, a type of DNA
transposon related to
viruses in the
realm Varidnaviria...
- PMID 29364876. S2CID 4462007.
Krupovic M,
Koonin EV (February 2015). "
Polintons: a
hotbed of
eukaryotic virus,
transposon and
plasmid evolution". Nat...
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encodes 20
predicted coding sequences.
Seven have
homology to the Maverick/
Polinton family of transposons. The
genome encodes a
retroviral integrase, an adenosine...
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genome was
integrated into a
large virus-derived DNA
transposon of the
Polinton/Maverick
family (polintoviruses)
resulting in the
acquisition of the polintovirus...
