Term Name: mobile_genetic_element
Synonyms: INSDC_feature:mobile_element, MGE, mobile genetic element
Definition: A nucleotide region with either intra-genome or intracellular mobility, of varying length, which often carry the information necessary for transfer and recombination with the host genome.
Ontology: Sequence Ontology [SO:0001037]

Relationships
is a type of: biological_region region
has subtype: extrachromosomal_mobile_genetic_element integrated_mobile_genetic_element mobile_intron
has_quality: mobile
inverse contains: mobile_element_insertion