Increase in transduction efficiency of Tn551 mediated by the methicillin resistance marker.
The transduction efficiency of Tn551, a staphylococcal transposon coding for erythromycin resistance (ermB), was increased by a factor of about five in acceptor strains carrying the gene for methicillin resistance (mec), as compared with methicillin-sensitive strains. This enhancement was independent of the generalized transducing phage used and of the chromosomal insertion site of the Tn551 transposon.
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004917:Erythromycin; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005819:Genetic Markers; D008712:Methicillin; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013204:Staphylococcus Phages / Q000235:genetics; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics*; D014161:Transduction, Genetic
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D005819:Genetic Markers; D004917:Erythromycin; D008712:Methicillin