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insertion sequence
(redirected from Insertion elements)

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insertion sequence
n.
Any of several discrete DNA sequences that repeat at various sites on a bacterial chromosome, on certain plasmids, and on bacteriophages and that can move from one site to another on the chromosome, to another plasmid in the same bacterium, or to a bacteriophage.


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We also tested whether molecular variation in a region of the chromosome with multiple direct repeat (DR) nucleotide sequences and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis with insertion elements IS1548 (9) and IS1562 (10) would differentiate M1 isolates.
Rapid Molecular Genetic Subtyping of Serotype M1 Group A ... by Musser, James M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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