title: Temperature sensitivity of transposition of class II transposons.
abstract: It has been reported that transposition of Tn3 is temperature-sensitive. The effect of temperature on the transposition of other class II bacterial transposable elements is reported here: Tn21, Tn501, Tn1721, Tn2501 and Tn3926 all also display temperature-sensitivity of transposition. The temperature at which the highest transposition frequency was observed varied between room temperature and 30 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Bristol, Medical School, University Walk, UK.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De La Cruz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grinsted
mesh_terms: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000502:physiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements