title: Conjugative transfer of the naturally occurring plasmids of Acetobacter xylinum by IncP-plasmid-mediated mobilization.
abstract: Broad-host-range plasmids and cloning vectors were conjugatively transferred to Acetobacter xylinum. One of the plasmids, RP4::Mu cts61, was used for the insertion of Tn1 into the 16-, 44-, and 64-kilobase-pair plasmids of A. xylinum. The Tn1-labeled plasmids could be mobilized by a helper plasmid. Many of the Tn1 insertions affected the copy number of the plasmids.
mesh_terms: D002482:Cellulose / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D041822:Gluconacetobacter xylinus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D011815:R Factors
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D002482:Cellulose