Starships are active eukaryotic transposable elements mobilized by a new family of tyrosine recombinases
A. S. Urquhart, A. A. Vogan, D. M. Gardiner, A. Idnurm
The paper identifies Starships as autonomous transposable elements in fungi, shows they are mobilized by HhpA recombinase, and reveals their horizontal transfer and vulnerability to defense mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2022Microbiology