title: Characterization of Tn10d-Cam: a transposition-defective Tn10 specifying chloramphenicol resistance.
abstract: We have constructed a small, transposition-defective derivative of the transposon Tn10 that carries the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene of pACYC184. This new genetic element, Tn10d-Cam, transposes when Tn10 transposase is provided from a multi-copy plasmid. Transposon insertion mutagenesis of Salmonella typhimurium was performed by using a strain carrying a Tn10d-Cam insertion in an Escherichia coli F' episome as the donor in transductional crosses into recipients that carried a plasmid expressing Tn10 transposase. Tn10d-Cam insertion mutations were also generated by complementation in cis of Tn10d-Cam by a cotransducible Tn10 element that overproduces transposase. Here, transposase was provided only transiently, and the Tn10d-Cam insertion mutations were recovered in a transposase-free strain. Cis complementation was used for mutagenesis of a plasmid target. The site specificity of insertion and the effect of insertions on expression of a downstream gene were investigated, using Tn10d-Cam insertions in a plasmid carrying a segment of the histidine operon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D002702:Chloramphenicol Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements