Precise and nearly-precise excision of the symmetrical inverted repeats of Tn5; common features of recA-independent deletion events in Escherichia coli - PubMed (original) (raw)
Comparative Study
Precise and nearly-precise excision of the symmetrical inverted repeats of Tn5; common features of recA-independent deletion events in Escherichia coli
J Collins et al. Gene. 1982 Jul-Aug.
Abstract
The transposon Tn5 contains a unique central region bordered by 1.5-kb inverted repeats. The in vitro deletion of the centre of Tn5, with a restriction endonuclease (XhoI) which cuts within the inverted repeats leads to the production of a palindrome on subsequent ligation. This palindromic region is unstable on subsequent transformation into Escherichia coli (Collins, 1981). Precise excision of the Tn5 region plus one copy of the bracketing 9-bp direct repeat occurred in about one-third of the transformants. The rest of the transformants contain only remnants of the inverted repeat. Sequence analysis indicated that deletion had occurred between short direct repeats. The precise excision of these "nearly precise" excision products continued with high frequency and was found to be affected by mutations that interfere with the normal precise excision of transposons. In a recB, sbcB host precise excision was markedly reduced. A common mechanism is proposed for all recA-independent deletions occurring in E. coli.
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