Transfer region of IncI1 plasmid R64 and role of shufflon in R64 transfer. |
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Authors: | T Komano N Funayama S R Kim and T Nisioka |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan. |
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Abstract: | To locate the transfer region of the 122-kiloase plasmid R64drd-11 belonging to incompatibility group I1, a series of deletion derivatives was constructed by in vitro recombinant DNA techniques followed by double homologous recombination in vivo. A plasmid designated pKK609 and bearing a 56.7-kilobase R64 sequence was the smallest transferable plasmid. A plasmid designated pKK610 and no longer possessing the 44-base-pair sequence of the R64 transfer system is located at one end. The other end of the R64 transfer region comprises a DNA segment of about 19 kilobases responsible for pilus formation. Shufflon, DNA with a novel rearrangement in R64, was found to be involved in pilus formation. |
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