Transfer region of a bacteroides conjugative transposon, CTnDOT

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作者
Bonheyo, G [1 ]
Graham, D [1 ]
Shoemaker, NB [1 ]
Salyers, AA [1 ]
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[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Microbiol, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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10.1006/plas.2000.1495
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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Bacteroides species harbor large self-transmissible integrated elements called conjugative transposons (CTns). In this paper, we report the first complete sequence analysis of the transfer region of a Bacteroides CTn. The transfer region contained 17 genes (designated orfA-orfQ). Only 2 of the genes shared sequence similarity with genes in the databases and only 1 of these genes was associated with self-transmissible elements. (C) 2001 Academic Press.
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