Genetic translocation in Staphylococcus aureus.
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 76 (1), 400-404
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.76.1.400
Abstract
A 5.2 kilobase pair transposon, Tn551, was found in S. aureus, a gram-positive bacterium. Initially detected on plasmid pI258, it undergoes rec-independent transposition to multiple chromosomal and plasmid sites, sometimes causing insertional inactivation. Unlike most other transposons, Tn551 undergoes apparently precise excision as a rule. The initial observation of Tn551 transition involved UV-inactivation of the carrier plasmid; this would appear to be a general means of detecting transposable elements.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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