title: [Interplasmid illegitimate recombination in Bacillus subtilis cells].
abstract: The illegitimate recombination between S. aureus plasmids pE194 (or pGG20-the hybrid between pE194 and E. coli plasmid pBR322) and pBD17 (plasmid pUB110 without Hpa-II-C-fragment) in B. subtilis was studied. Plasmid cointegrates were generated with the frequency of 1-3.10(-8). Among the 22 hybrids analysed 9 types of recombinants were found. Nucleotide sequences of all the parental plasmids were involved in intermolecular recombination. Nucleotide sequencing of recombinant DNA junctions has revealed that in 8 cases recombination occurred between short homologous regions (9-15 b.p.). One of the recombinants resulted from nonhomologous recombination. The similarity between nucleotide sequences of recombination sites of two types of contegrates and those used for pE194 integration into the B. subtilis chromosome (Bashkirov et al. 1987) was demonstrated. Possible mechanisms of illegitimate recombination are discussed.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Bashkirov
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Stoilova-Disheva
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Prozorov
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Mezhplazmidnaia nezakonnaia rekombinatsiia v kletkakh Bacillus subtilis.