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Abstract
Short DNA sequences at ends of transposable elements are needed as sites for transposition. Previous deletion mapping showed that, in Tn5 and its component IS50 elements, these essential sites are about 19 base pairs long. To determine which positions are important in transposition, we made one or more sequence changes at each position in the IS50 outside (O) end and assayed the effects of these changes on transposition. Our results indicate that the specific base pairs at 18 of the 19 positions are important in transposition. A 9-base-pair segment in the O end corresponds to a binding site for the Escherichia coli DnaA protein. Comparisons of effects of mutations at different positions in this site, and also measurements of Tn5 transposition in dnaA- cells, indicate that DnaA protein participates in O-end-mediated transposition.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2827168 PMCID: PMC299703 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.24.9118
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205