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Transposition of the oxacillin-hydrolyzing penicillinase gene.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 145 ·No. 2 ·1981-02-00 ·Pages 808-13

Yamamoto T, Tanaka M, Nohara C, Fukunaga Y, Yamagishi S

Abstract

We have found that the oxacillin-hydrolyzing penicillinase gene (oxa) encoded by plasmid RGN238 transposes to various plasmids in a recA background. We call this transposable element Tn2603. Tn2603 encodes the genes for streptomycin, sulfonamide, and mercury resistance in addition to the oxa gene. Tn2603 has a molecular size of 19.6 kilobase pairs and appears to be flanked by small inverted repeat sequences of about 200 base pairs long.

MeSH Terms
DNA Transposable Elements DNA, Bacterial/genetics Escherichia coli/genetics Nucleic Acid Renaturation Oxacillin/metabolism Penicillinase/genetics R Factors Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid beta-Lactamases/genetics
Chemicals
DNA Transposable Elements DNA, Bacterial Penicillinase beta-Lactamases Oxacillin
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Yamamoto T
Tanaka M
Nohara C
Fukunaga Y
Yamagishi S
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.145.2.808-813.1981
Published
1981-02-00
Pages
808-13
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC217183
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.145.2.808-813.1981 PMC Full Text View journal details
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