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Abstract
The drug-resistance element Tn5 transposes with high frequency immediately after entry into a cell. Establishment of Tn5 within a cell results in a decrease in this transposition frequency. This phenomenon resembles "zygotic induction" of repressible operons and prophages. Evidence is presented that Tn5 transposition is under negative control by a factor encoded within the element itself. Established Tn5 elements (that contain point mutations inactivating the resistance gene) are able to inhibit transposition of an incoming Tn5 element by a factor of 12- to 70-fold. Several deletion derivatives of Tn5 lack the ability to inhibit transposition.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6255475 PMCID: PMC350210 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.77.10.6047
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205