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Recent experiments have demonstrated that the two transposons Tn501 and Tnl721, which code for diverse resistance characters, have a continuous sequence of approximately four kilobases (kb) in common (Altenbuchner et al., 1981). This communication contains (i) descriptions of Tn50l and Tnl721 and (ii) an analysis of the four kb-homology region indicating that it encodes functions required for transposition.
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Schmitt, R., Altenbuchner, J., Grinsted, J. (1981). Complementation of Transposition Functions Encoded by Transposons Tn501(HgR) and Tn1721(TetR). In: Levy, S.B., Clowes, R.C., Koenig, E.L. (eds) Molecular Biology, Pathogenicity, and Ecology of Bacterial Plasmids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3983-0_34
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