Article
The presence of conjugative transposon Tn916 in the recipient strain does not impede transfer of a second copy of the element.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 1991
Norgren M, Scott J R
Abstract excerpt
Transfer of the conjugative transposon Tn916 from the chromosome of Bacillus subtilis to a transposon-free Streptococcus pyogenes strain occurs at the same frequency as transfer to a Tn916-containing recipient. This rules out a model for conjugal transfer of Tn916 in which a copy of the element in the recipient represses transposition of a copy introduced by conjugation. Homology-directed integration of the...
Topics
- Bacillus subtilis
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- Conjugation, Genetic
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Erythromycin
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Plasmids
- Restriction Mapping
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Tetracycline Resistance