IS231A transposition:: conservative versus replicative pathway

被引:5
作者
Léonard, C [1 ]
Mahillon, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Catholique Louvain, Lab Genet Microbienne, B-1348 Louvain, Belgium
关键词
transposition; replication; insertion sequence IS231A; Bacillus subtilis;
D O I
10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80002-3
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
This paper describes a novel approach, based on suicide transposition, to addressing the question of whether IS231A can give rise to cointegrate molecules through replicative transposition, even at a very low frequency. Comparative analysis was carried out with IS10, another member of the same IS4 family. The results indicate that transposition of both elements is exclusively conservative.
引用
收藏
页码:549 / 555
页数:7
相关论文
共 23 条
[1]   TN7 TRANSPOSITION INVITRO PROCEEDS THROUGH AN EXCISED TRANSPOSON INTERMEDIATE GENERATED BY STAGGERED BREAKS IN DNA [J].
BAINTON, R ;
GAMAS, P ;
CRAIG, NL .
CELL, 1991, 65 (05) :805-816
[2]   GENETIC-EVIDENCE THAT TN10 TRANSPOSES BY A NON-REPLICATIVE MECHANISM [J].
BENDER, J ;
KLECKNER, N .
CELL, 1986, 45 (06) :801-815
[3]   STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENT FOR IS50-MEDIATED GENE TRANSPOSITION [J].
BERG, DE .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 1983, 80 (03) :792-796
[4]   INTERMOLECULAR AND INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSPOSITION OF TN903 [J].
BERNARDI, F ;
BERNARDI, A .
MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS, 1991, 227 (01) :22-27
[5]  
BIEL SW, 1984, GENETICS, V108, P319
[6]   The three chemical steps of Tn10/IS10 transposition involve repeated utilization of a single active site [J].
Bolland, S ;
Kleckner, N .
CELL, 1996, 84 (02) :223-233
[7]   CHARACTERIZATION OF IS46, AN INSERTION-SEQUENCE FOUND ON 2 INCN PLASMIDS [J].
BROWN, AMC ;
COUPLAND, GM ;
WILLETTS, NS .
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 1984, 159 (02) :472-481
[8]  
ERRINGTON J, 1986, J GEN MICROBIOL, V132, P2967
[9]   STRUCTURE AND STABILITY OF TN9-MEDIATED COINTEGRATES - EVIDENCE FOR 2 PATHWAYS OF TRANSPOSITION [J].
GALAS, DJ ;
CHANDLER, M .
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 1982, 154 (02) :245-272
[10]   IS231A FROM BACILLUS-THURINGIENSIS IS FUNCTIONAL IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI - TRANSPOSITION AND INSERTION SPECIFICITY [J].
HALLET, B ;
REZSOHAZY, R ;
DELCOUR, J .
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 1991, 173 (14) :4526-4529