Insertion sequence length

Range 800-2000 bp
Organism prokaryote
Reference Green L, Miller RD, Dykhuizen DE, Hartl DL. Distribution of DNA insertion element IS5 in natural isolates of Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1984 Jul81(14):pp. 4500PubMed ID6087327
Comments Insertion sequences (IS) are prokaryotic DNA elements that are capable of transposition into several or many sites within the genome
Entered by Uri M
ID 102550