Open AccessTransposition of the IS21-related element IS1415 in Rhodococcus erythropolis
Author(s) -
István Nagy,
Geert Schoofs,
Jozef Vanderleyden,
René De Mot
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.179.14.4635-4638.1997
Subject(s) - biology , transposition (logic) , transposable element , genetics , insertion sequence , sequence (biology) , dna transposable elements , plasmid , rhodococcus , gene , bacteria , genome , philosophy , linguistics
Three copies of the IS21-related transposable element IS1415 were identified in Rhodococcus erythropolis NI86/21. Adjacent to one of the IS1415 copies, a 47-bp sequence nearly identical to the conserved 5' end of integrons was found. Accurate transposition of IS1415 carrying a chloramphenicol resistance gene (Tn5561) was demonstrated following delivery from a suicide vector to R. erythropolis SQ1.