Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: A broad distribution of the lactococcal IS elements ISS1 [1] and IS904 [2] in several lactococcal plasmids and chromosomal DNA was observed. Hybridization of the ISS1 and IS904 oligonucleotide gene probes with DNA of lactococcal phages showed that none of these tested bacteriophages contained one of the IS elements. On the transductionally shortened lactose plasmid pTD1 an insertion sequence homologous to ISS1 was identified closely downstream to the P-beta-galactosidase gene. Sequence analysis of ISS1/pTD1 showed 82% homology in the deduced amino acid sequence to the putative transposase of ISS1, ISS1W, ISS1N, and IS946.
Source: FEMS Microbiology Letters
Authors: A. Schäfer, A. Jahns, A. Geis, M. Teuber
Institution: ETH Zurich
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2012875705