title: Antibiotic resistance gene cassettes derived from the omega interposon for use in E. coli and Streptomyces.
abstract: Three antibiotic resistance gene cassettes, derived from the omega interposon (Prentki and Krisch (1984) Gene 29, 303-313) were constructed. These cassettes carry different antibiotic resistance genes, conferring resistance to geneticin, hygromycin or viomycin, flanked by short inverted repeats containing transcription and translation termination signals and synthetic polylinkers. These cassettes were designated omega aac, omega hyg and omega vph. Resistance phenotypes conferred by these constructions are selectable in E. coli and Streptomyces. These cassettes can be used for insertional mutagenesis or for vector construction.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, URA CNRS 2225, Université Paris XI, Orsay, France.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Blondelet-Rouault
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weiser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lebrihi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Branny
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pernodet
mesh_terms: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements