Recombination between repeated DNA sequences occurs more often in plasmids than in the chromosome of Bacillus subtilis.
Directly repeated pBR322 sequences 3.7-3.8 kb long recombine with a frequency of about 10% per generation when carried on plasmids related to pC194 and 0.01% per generation when carried on the Bacillus subtilis chromosome. Recombination is therefore 1,000 times more efficient in plasmids than in the chromosome of this organism.
D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
D004269:DNA, Bacterial