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Abstract
Tn7 transposition is abolished by the deletion of a 2.2kb HindIII fragment from the central region of the transposon. Transposition is restored when the fragment is present in trans. When this fragment is present in trans with wild-type Tn7, transposition frequencies are stimulated 10-100-fold. The DNA sequence of this fragment has been determined and found to contain one long open reading frame coding for a protein of molecular weight 61 187. We have visualised this protein using a DNA-directed prokaryotic transcription-translation system. This gene may fill a regulatory role in the mechanism of Tn7 transposition. When present in trans the 2.2kb HindIII fragment alleviates a transcriptional block of promoter activity detected in Tn7.Mesh:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3022239 PMCID: PMC311824 DOI: 10.1093/nar/14.20.7915
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucleic Acids Res ISSN: 0305-1048 Impact factor: 16.971