FIG 3.
ICE/AICE insertion hot spot. The scheme is illustrating a hot spot for conjugative and integrative element insertion. Two different elements, AICE and ICE, are inserted in the tRNAThr genes of strains RLB1-9 and RLB1-8, respectively. The tRNAThr insertion site remains empty in RLB3-17. Direct repeats (DR) flanking the mobile element are represented in red (43 nucleotides for RLB1-9 and 42 nucleotides for RLB1-8). Only the key genes used to identify the elements are shown. Regions in light green correspond to syntenic regions.