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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
A method is described to detect and measure the frequency of spontaneous tandem genetic duplications located throughout the Salmonella genome. The method is based on the ability of duplication-containing strains to inherit two selectable alleles of a single gene during generalized transductional crosses. One allele of the gene carries an insertion of the translocatable tetracycline-resistance element Tn10; the other allele is a wild-type copy of that gene. Using this technique, we have measured the frequency of tandem duplications at 38 chromosomal sites and the amount of material included in 199 independent duplications. These results suggest that, in one region of the chromosome, tandem duplications are particularly frequent events. Such duplications have end points within rRNA (rrn) cistrons and probably arise by unequal cross-over between these dispersed repeated sequences. Spontaneously duplications of this type are harbored by as much as 3% of the bacterial population. Preliminary evidence suggests that such duplications may play a significant regulatory role under conditions of rapid growth. Our analysis has suggested the position on the genome of an additional rRNA cistron.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3113-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Spontaneous tandem genetic duplications in Salmonella typhimurium arise by unequal recombination between rRNA (rrn) cistrons.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.