From: Generating and manipulating transgenic animals using transposable elements
Transposon | Familya | Activity in cultured cellsb | Activity in vertebrate animalsc | References |
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L1 | LINE retrotransposon | Mouse (PCT) Human (PCT) | Mouse (TCRG) | |
Tol2 | hAT | Mouse (EP) Human (EP) | Medaka (TCRG) Zebrafish (TCRG). | |
Tc1 | Tc1/mariner | Human (PCT) Mouse (PCT) | - | |
Tc3 | Tc1/mariner | Human (PCT) | Zebrafish (GT and TCRG) | |
Mariner (Himar1) | Tc1/mariner | Human (IPT) | - | |
Mariner (Mos1) | Tc1/mariner | Human (PCT) | Chicken (GT), zebrafish (GT) | |
Minos | Tc1/mariner | Human (PCT) | Mouse (TCRG) Mouse (TCRS) | |
Sleeping Beauty | Tc1/mariner | Mouse, hamster, human, monkey, dog, cow, sheep, quail, Xenopus, many fish (PCT) | Mouse (GT) Mouse lung, liver (SCT) Mouse (TCRG) Mouse (TCRS) |