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. 1984 Oct;160(1):430–433. doi: 10.1128/jb.160.1.430-433.1984

High incidence of transposon Tn3 insertions into a replication control gene of the chimeric R/Ent plasmid pCG86 of Escherichia coli.

R N Picken, A J Mazaitis, W K Maas
PMCID: PMC214737  PMID: 6090431

Abstract

Insertion of transposon Tn3 into the chimeric R/Ent plasmid pCG86 occurred preferentially into a replication control gene, generating mutants with increased plasmid copy number. In two mutants, the nucleotide sequence of the region of the gene containing the Tn3 insertion was determined.

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