Tn2440, a composite tetracycline resistance transposon with direct repeated copies of IS160 at its flanks.
The tetracycline resistance region of the multi-resistance plasmid pBP16 is flanked by direct repeats of the insertion sequence IS160. The tetracycline resistance region plus the flanking IS elements can transpose as a discrete unit. The composite transposon, designated Tn2440, has a size of 4.0 kb.
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D011815:R Factors; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology*
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D013752:Tetracycline