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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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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
In fact, this phenomenon was demonstrated for the GR-541 plasmid that contains multiple copies of insertion sequences and other mobile genetic elements within its scaffold (14).
Replicon typing of plasmids encoding resistance to newer ... by Rossolini, Gian Maria / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Moreover, in some species, rapid genomic rearrangements occur because of repeats or insertion sequences, so even if isolates descended from a common ancestor that arose several decades ago, they may not readily be seen to be minor variants of the same clone.
Coxiella burnetii genotyping by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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