Insertion elements in mycobacteria.
We have isolated and characterised a repetitive element from the genome of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis. This repetitive element shows many features characteristic of a bacterial insertion element.
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Department of Surgery, St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London.
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Hermon-Taylor
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D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000235:genetics*; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000235:genetics; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial