A 50-kb plasmid rich in mobile gene sequences isolated from a marine micrococcus.
A 50,709-bp cryptic plasmid isolated from a marine Micrococcus has been sequenced and found to contain a number of putative mobile genetic elements. The coding regions for 11 putative transposases comprise approximately 17% of the total plasmid sequence. The majority of these transposases are located within a 13-kb cluster which includes a 1553-bp direct repeat consisting of a duplicated pair of transposase genes. The remaining putative ORFs showed similarity to a variety of proteins, the most notable being spider silk.
Zhong
Zhenping
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Division of Biology and Center for Molecular Genetics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0322, USA.
Caspi
Ron
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Mincer
Tracy
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Helinski
Donald
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Knauf
Vic
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Boardman
Kari
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Wilkinson
Jane E
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Shea
Terry
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DeLoughery
Craig
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Toukdarian
Aresa
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D001482:Base Composition; D004261:DNA Replication; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000502:physiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D004270:DNA, Circular / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D008837:Micrococcus / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010957:Plasmids / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000235:genetics; D019895:Transposases
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004270:DNA, Circular; D019895:Transposases