The Transposon Registry

• Published in: Mobile DNA Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 40 - 6
• Main Authors: Tansirichaiya, Supathep, Rahman, Md. Ajijur, Roberts, Adam P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central 09.10.2019; BioMed Central Ltd; Springer Nature; BMC
• Subjects: All Reviews Collection; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Antimicrobial agents; Basale biofag: 470; Basic biosciences: 470; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Composite transposon; Conjugative transposon; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Developmental Biology; DNA; DNA sequencing; Drug resistance; Genes; Genetic variation; Genetics and genomics: 474; Genetikk og genomikk: 474; Genomes; Genomics; Human Genetics; Integrative conjugative transposon; Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400; Mathematics and natural science: 400; Medical research; Microbial drug resistance; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Names; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Registry; Researchers; Review; Transposon; Transposons; VDP; United Kingdom > UK; Norway; Plasmid; Accessory function; Conjugative transposon; Transposon; Integrative conjugative transposon; Tn; Registry; Antimicrobial resistance; Composite transposon; Horizontal gene transfer
• ISSN: 1759-8753; 1759-8753
• DOI: 10.1186/s13100-019-0182-3

Transposable elements in prokaryotes are found in many forms and therefore a robust nomenclature system is needed in order to allow researchers to describe and search for them in publications and databases. Here we provide an update on The Transposon Registry which allocates numbers to any prokaryotic transposable element. Additionally, we present the completion of registry records for all transposons assigned Tn numbers from Tn 1 onwards where sequence data or publications exist.