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'''<big>A</big>'''nother source of ambiguity for classification purposes occurs in the Tn''3'' family (see section “Tn families”) [[:Image:1.15.1.png|(Fig.1.15.1]] and [[:Image:1.15.1.png| 1.15.2)]]. Tn''3'' family members are quite variable. They include a number of diverse passenger genes that can represent entire operons, notably mercury resistance, or individual genes involved in antibiotic resistance, breakdown of halogenated aromatics, or virulence [e.g. <ref><nowiki><pubmed>10477306</pubmed></nowiki></ref>]]. They often carry integron recombination platforms enabling them to incorporate additional resistance genes by recruiting integron cassettes<ref><nowiki><pubmed>16845431</pubmed></nowiki></ref>. Members are quite characteristic: they have long relatively well conserved IR and a particularly long Tpase (950 to 1025 aa). They also encode a site-specific recombination (“resolution”) system necessary for completion of their transposition<ref><nowiki><pubmed>10477306</pubmed></nowiki></ref>. There are a number of different resolution systems associated with different members of this family [[:Image:1.15.2.png|(Fig.1.15.2)]] IS''1071'', [[:Image:1.15.1.png|(Fig.1.15.1)]] composed of Tn''3''-like IR and Tpase gene but lacking both the site-specific recombination system and passenger genes was identified many years ago<ref><nowiki><pubmed>1656436</pubmed></nowiki></ref><ref><nowiki><pubmed>8117095</pubmed></nowiki></ref>. This clearly accords with the definition of an IS. Several other examples have now been identified (e.g. IS''Vsa19'', IS''Shfr9'', IS''Busp1''). | '''<big>A</big>'''nother source of ambiguity for classification purposes occurs in the Tn''3'' family (see section “Tn families”) [[:Image:1.15.1.png|(Fig.1.15.1]] and [[:Image:1.15.1.png| 1.15.2)]]. Tn''3'' family members are quite variable. They include a number of diverse passenger genes that can represent entire operons, notably mercury resistance, or individual genes involved in antibiotic resistance, breakdown of halogenated aromatics, or virulence [e.g. <ref><nowiki><pubmed>10477306</pubmed></nowiki></ref>]]. They often carry integron recombination platforms enabling them to incorporate additional resistance genes by recruiting integron cassettes<ref><nowiki><pubmed>16845431</pubmed></nowiki></ref>. Members are quite characteristic: they have long relatively well conserved IR and a particularly long Tpase (950 to 1025 aa). They also encode a site-specific recombination (“resolution”) system necessary for completion of their transposition<ref><nowiki><pubmed>10477306</pubmed></nowiki></ref>. There are a number of different resolution systems associated with different members of this family [[:Image:1.15.2.png|(Fig.1.15.2)]] IS''1071'', [[:Image:1.15.1.png|(Fig.1.15.1)]] composed of Tn''3''-like IR and Tpase gene but lacking both the site-specific recombination system and passenger genes was identified many years ago<ref><nowiki><pubmed>1656436</pubmed></nowiki></ref><ref><nowiki><pubmed>8117095</pubmed></nowiki></ref>. This clearly accords with the definition of an IS. Several other examples have now been identified (e.g. IS''Vsa19'', IS''Shfr9'', IS''Busp1''). | ||
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Revision as of 23:15, 4 May 2020
Another source of ambiguity for classification purposes occurs in the Tn3 family (see section “Tn families”) (Fig.1.15.1 and 1.15.2). Tn3 family members are quite variable. They include a number of diverse passenger genes that can represent entire operons, notably mercury resistance, or individual genes involved in antibiotic resistance, breakdown of halogenated aromatics, or virulence [e.g. [1]]]. They often carry integron recombination platforms enabling them to incorporate additional resistance genes by recruiting integron cassettes[2]. Members are quite characteristic: they have long relatively well conserved IR and a particularly long Tpase (950 to 1025 aa). They also encode a site-specific recombination (“resolution”) system necessary for completion of their transposition[3]. There are a number of different resolution systems associated with different members of this family (Fig.1.15.2) IS1071, (Fig.1.15.1) composed of Tn3-like IR and Tpase gene but lacking both the site-specific recombination system and passenger genes was identified many years ago[4][5]. This clearly accords with the definition of an IS. Several other examples have now been identified (e.g. ISVsa19, ISShfr9, ISBusp1).