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The IFP2 element is a unique Lepidopteran transposon that has been associated with spontaneous Baculovirus mutants isolated following passage of the virus in the TN-368 cell line. Independent genomic representatives of IFP2 from TN-368 cells show little sequence divergence, suggesting that IFP2 was recently introduced into this genome and is highly stable. IFP2 is inserted within AT-rich regions of the TN-368 genome and targets TTAA sites. The specificity for TTAA target sites during transposition is not limited to the movement of IFP2 during an active Baculovirus infection, but is a property of its movement in uninfected cells as well. The exact origin of IFP2 remains obscure since it is found in two independently established Trichoplusia ni cell lines but not in three others, and we have not yet identified any IFP2 sequences in either field collected larvae or laboratory colonies.
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Elick, T.A., Bauser, C.A., Principe, N.M. et al. PCR analysis of insertion site specificity, transcription, and structural uniformity of the Lepidopteran transposable element IFP2 in the TN-368 cell genome. Genetica 97, 127–139 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00054620
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