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. 1988 Mar;170(3):1350–1353. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.3.1350-1353.1988

Analysis of the variable endpoints generated by one-ended transposition of Tn21.

P Avila 1, J Grinsted 1, F de la Cruz 1
PMCID: PMC210914  PMID: 2830239

Abstract

One-ended transposition of Tn21 generates recombinants usually containing a whole copy of the donor replicon plus a short duplication of it (S. Mötsch, R. Schmitt, P. Avila, F. de la Crue, E. Ward, and J. Grinsted, Nucleic Acids Res. 13:3335-3342, 1985). This work shows that recombinants containing less than a whole copy of the donor replicon (hereafter called short recombinants) could also be detected when plasmid donors which contained two selectable genetic markers were used. Short recombinants were produced at the same frequency from TnpR+ donor molecules as from TnpR- donor molecules in a RecA- background. Therefore, they were not resolution products of larger recombinants. This result invalidates a previous hypothesis to explain one-ended transposition, that is, that one-ended transposition arises from the use of secondary ends by the transposition apparatus. On the other hand, it suggests that one-ended transposition of Tn21 occurs via a simple insertion mechanism.

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