Mobilization of the incQ plasmid R300B with a chromosomal conjugation system in Salmonella enterica serovar typhi.
Salmonella pathogenicity island 7 (SPI-7) in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi appears to be related to other genomic islands. Evidence suggests that SPI-7 is susceptible to spontaneous circularization, loss, and transposition. Here, we demonstrate that a region within SPI-7 has the ability to mobilize the small incQ plasmid R300B.
Baker
Stephen
S
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. sbaker@oucru.org
Pickard
Derek
D
Whitehead
Sally
S
Farrar
Jeremy
J
Dougan
Gordon
G
D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*; D044404:Genomic Islands / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*