title: Mode of transposition and expression of 16S rRNA methyltransferase gene rmtC accompanied by ISEcp1.
abstract: A newly identified 16S rRNA methyltransferase gene, rmtC, was accompanied by an ISEcp1 element at its 5' end. This ISEcp1 element, which contained a transposase gene, tnpA, provided a promoter activity for expression of the adjacent rmtC; and this structure enabled the rmtC gene to be transposed onto another plasmid in Escherichia coli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun-ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wachino
authors.forename: Kunikazu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamane
authors.forename: Kouji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Naohiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Satowa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yasuyoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ike
authors.forename: Yoshichika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D008780:Methyltransferases