Precise excision and instability of the transposon Tn5 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

doi:10.1099/00221287-136-5-789

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Precise excision and instability of the transposon Tn5 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Journal of general microbiology - 1 May 1990

Goldberg J B, Won J, Ohman D E

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Excision of the transposon Tn5 from sites of insertion in plasmid DNA was shown to occur at high frequency in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Plasmids with Tn5 insertions conjugated poorly into P. aeruginosa and adversely affected growth compared to the respective parental plasmids. The kanamycin-resista...

Topics

Alleles
Chromosome Deletion
DNA Transposable Elements
DNA, Bacterial
Kanamycin Resistance
Plasmids
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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