Site‐directed mutagenesis was used to investigate the functions of the traM gene in plasmid
R1‐mediated bacterial conjugation. Three mutant alleles, a null mutation, a sense mutation …

Tn 916 and related conjugative transposons are clinically significant vectors for the transfer
of antibiotic resistance among human pathogens, and they excise from their donor …

A composite transposon, Tn4731, associated with IS630 has been shown to transpose
preferentially to 5'-TA-3'sequences that are located at two sites in a rho-dependent …

Protein fusion with the Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase is used extensively for the
analysis of the topology of membrane proteins. To study the topology of the Agrobacterium T …

Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) play a central role in the evolution of bacterial genomes.
Transposable elements (TE: transposons and insertion sequences) represent an important …

The conjugative ability of the F plasmid of Escherichia coli is highly growth phase
dependent, with plasmid transfer efficiency dropping rapidly as donor cells progress through …

Tn10 is a bacterial transposon that transposes through a non-replicative mechanism. This
mode of DNA transposition is widely used in bacteria and is also used by “DNA-based” …

Insertion sequences (ISs) are mobile genetic elements that only carry the information
required for their own transposition. Pseudomonas putida KT2440, a model bacterium, has …

The histone-like nucleoid structuring protein (H-NS) is an important regulator of stress
response and virulence genes in gram-negative bacteria. In addition to binding regulatory …

The histone‐like nucleoid structuring protein (H‐NS) is a global transcriptional regulator that
influences stress response and virulence pathways in Gram‐negative bacteria. H‐NS also …