Tn3-family transposon Tn4651 from Pseudomonas putida mt-2 plasmid pWW0 carries two
divergently transcribed genes, tnpS and tnpT, for cointegrate-resolution. While tnpS encodes …

The 56-kb class II toluene catabolic transposon Tn 4651 from Pseudomonas putida plasmid
pWW0 is unique in that (i) its efficient resolution requires, in addition to the 0.2-kb resolution …

The toluene degradative transposon Tn4651 is included within another transposon, Tn4653,
and both of these elements are members of the Tn3 family. The tnpA gene product of each …

Toluene degrading (xyl) genes on a Pseudomonas TOL plasmid pWWO are located within a
39-kb DNA portion. The 56-kb region including these xyl genes and its 17-kb derivative with …

It has been reported that the toluene-degrading (xyl) genes from Pseudomonas putida
plasmid pWW53 are able to translocate to broad-host-range drug resistance plasmid RP4 …

Tn 4652 is a derivative of the toluene degradation transposon Tn 4651 that belongs to the
Tn 3 family of transposons (M. Tsuda and T. Iino, Mol. Gen. Genet. 210: 270–276, 1987). We …

Tn 5 is a composite bacterial transposon that encodes a protein, transposase (Tnp), required
for movement of the transposon. The initial step in the transposition pathway involves …

Transposases mediate transposition first by binding specific DNA end sequences that define
a transposable element and then by organizing protein and DNA into a highly structured and …

The bacterial transposon Tn10 inserts preferentially into specific target sequences. This
insertion specificity appears to be linked to the ability of target sites to adopt symmetrically …

Summary A Pseudomonas TOL plasmid pWW0 possesses toluene degradative pathway
(xyl) genes. Unstable maintenance of a pWW0 derivative in Escherichia coli allowed us to …