Transposition of Tn5 in Escherichia coli is regulated by two transposon-encoded proteins:
transposase (Tnp), promoting transposition preferentially in cis, and the trans-acting inhibitor …

We describe the construction of TnFuZ, a genetic tool for the discovery and mutagenesis of
proteins exported from gram-positive bacteria. This tool combines a transposable element …

Transfer of the conjugative transposon Tn916 from the chromosome of Bacillus subtilis to a
transposon-free Streptococcus pyogenes strain occurs at the same frequency as transfer to …

The bacterial transposon Tn 7 inserts at high frequency into a specific site called att Tn 7,
which is present in the chromosomes of many bacteria. We show here that transcription of a …

We present evidence that Tn10 transposition, or a closely correlated event, induces
expression of bacterial SOS functions. We have found that lambda prophage induction is …

We report the formation of deletions and inversions by intramolecular transposition of Tn5-
derived mobile elements. The synthetic transposons used contained the IS50 O and I end …

The bacterial transposon Tn 7 encodes five genes whose protein products are used in
different combinations to direct transposition to different types of target sites. TnsABC+ D …

Horizontal gene transfer mediated by plasmid conjugation plays a significant role in the
evolution of bacterial species, as well as in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance and …

Several trap plasmids (enabling positive selection of transposition events) were used to
identify a pool of functional transposable elements (TEs) residing in bacteria of the genus …

We have examined the targeting preference of the bacterial insertion element IS 903 by
determining the sites of insertion of a large number of transposition events into the 55-kb …