Summary
The DNA sequence has been determined at the sites of three independent occurrences of the transposable element Tn5 in the hisG gene of the histidine operon. All three insertion sites are adjacent to G+C-rich stretches of DNA. In all three cases sequences at the sites of insertion show homology with a region near the ends of Tn5.
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Bossi, L., Ciampi, M.S. DNA sequences at the sites of three insertions of the transposable element Tn5 in the histidine operon of Salmonella . Molec. Gen. Genet. 183, 406–408 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270649
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