Intramolecular amplification of the tetracycline resistance determinant of transposon Tn1771 inEscherichia coli
- 14 April 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Genetics Research
- Vol. 33 (3) , 253-260
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016672300018395
Abstract
SUMMARY: Strains ofEscherichia coliharbouring a conjugative plasmid that carries a transposon for tetracycline resistance (Tn1771) were found to be adaptable to very high tetracycline concentrations. The molecular analysis of plasmids isolated from strains with enhanced levels of tetracycline resistance revealed an intramolecular amplification of the resistance determinant of the tetracycline transposon.A model for the molecular structure of the transposon is presented, which suggests that there are three repetitive DNA segments on Tn1771. This accounts for the properties both of transposition and of gene amplification.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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