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insertion sequence
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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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Thus, this genetic structure defines a mobile insertion cassette (mic) containing the qnrS2 gene instead of a transposase, as observed in insertion sequences.
Unexpected occurrence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance ... by Cattoir, Vincent; Poirel, Laurent; Aubert, Camille; Soussy, Claude-James; Nordmann, Patrice / Emerging Infectious Diseases
ulcerans genome has shown that in addition to pMUM001, there are unusually high copy numbers of 2 independent insertion sequences (IS2404 and IS2606) and a high incidence of pseudogene formation (8).
Mycobacterium ulcerans in mosquitoes captured during outbreak of ... by Johnson, Paul D.R.; Azoulas, Joseph; Lavender, Caroline J.; Wishart, Elwyn; Stinear, Timothy P.; Hay / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Characterization of Large Sequence Polymorphisms Microarray data that indicated the presence of a deletion were verified by PCR analysis, which used primer pairs that spanned the insertion sequences of the respective plasmids, the flanking regions, or both.
Ongoing genome reduction in Mycobacterium ulcerans by Pluschke, Gerd / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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