Article
IS1236, a newly discovered member of the IS3 family, exhibits varied patterns of insertion into the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosome.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jul 1996
Gerischer U, D'Argenio D A, Ornston L N
Abstract excerpt
Analysis of spontaneous mutations in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus revealed a 1237 bp insertion sequence named IS1236 and possessing a nucleotide sequence resembling those of members of the lS3 family. The chromosome of A. calcoaceticus strain ADP1 contains seven copies of IS1236 which appears to i...
Topics
- Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA, Bacterial
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genes, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Open Reading Frames