title: Transposon-like structures in the Bacteroides fragilis MLS plasmid plP 410.
abstract: Homoduplexes of plasmid plP 410 encoding MLS resistance in Bacteroides fragilis strain 92 revealed two "transposon-like" structures: a 17.4 kb loop flanked by 0.75 inverted repeats, and a 4.5 kb loop flanked by 0.2 kb inverted repeats. The large structure is deleted in a derivative plasmid harboured by a MLS susceptible strain. We have also showed that the long and short inverted repeats are structurally related.
mesh_terms: D001441:Bacteroides fragilis / Q000235:genetics*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D011815:R Factors
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial