Functional characterization of the prokaryotic mobile genetic element IS26. Export

@article{is26-cointegrate-1984, abstract = {IS26L and IS26R are the 820 bp long elements found as direct repeats at both ends of the kanamycin resistance transposon Tn2680. They can mediate cointegration in E. coli K12 which contains no IS26 in its chromosome. Cointegration occurs in rec+ or recA- strains with similar frequency. Upon cointegration mediated by either IS26R or IS26L, the element is duplicated and integrated into one of many different sites. Both IS26L and IS26R carry 14 bp perfect terminal inverted repeats and generate 8 bp direct repeats at their target sequences. Deletion formation mediated by IS26R was also observed. These functional and structural features of IS26 are characteristic of a prokaryotic mobile genetic element.}, author = {Iida, S. and Mollet, B. and Meyer, J. and Arber, W.}, citeulike-article-id = {4920049}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6097800}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=6097800}, issn = {0026-8925}, journal = {Molecular \& general genetics : MGG}, keywords = {cointegration, is26}, number = {1}, pages = {84--89}, posted-at = {2009-06-21 14:59:41}, priority = {2}, title = {Functional characterization of the prokaryotic mobile genetic element IS26.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6097800}, volume = {198}, year = {1984} }

TY - JOUR ID - is26-cointegrate-1984 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4920049 N2 - IS26L and IS26R are the 820 bp long elements found as direct repeats at both ends of the kanamycin resistance transposon Tn2680. They can mediate cointegration in E. coli K12 which contains no IS26 in its chromosome. Cointegration occurs in rec+ or recA- strains with similar frequency. Upon cointegration mediated by either IS26R or IS26L, the element is duplicated and integrated into one of many different sites. Both IS26L and IS26R carry 14 bp perfect terminal inverted repeats and generate 8 bp direct repeats at their target sequences. Deletion formation mediated by IS26R was also observed. These functional and structural features of IS26 are characteristic of a prokaryotic mobile genetic element. IS - 1 JF - Molecular & general genetics : MGG SN - 0026-8925 EP - 89 TI - Functional characterization of the prokaryotic mobile genetic element IS26. VL - 198 SP - 84 KW - cointegration KW - is26 AU - Iida, S AU - Mollet, B AU - Meyer, J AU - Arber, W PY - 1984/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6097800 ER -