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. 1978 Oct;136(1):419–422. doi: 10.1128/jb.136.1.419-422.1978

Absence of DNA sequences homologous to transposable element Tn5 (Kan) in the chromosome of Escherichia coli K-12.

D E Berg, M Drummond
PMCID: PMC218674  PMID: 361699

Abstract

The DNA hybridization procedure of Southern has been used to search for homology between the transposable kanamycin resistance determinant Tn5 and sequences in the chromosome of Escherichia coli K-12. No homology was detected under conditions in which a segment homologous to 5% or more of the 5,300-base pair Tn5 element would have been seen.

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