Recombination between short repeated sequences is more frequent in plasmids than in the chromosome of Bacillus subtilis

Recombination between repeated DNA seque

Recombination between repeated DNA sequences occurs more often in plasmids than in the chromosome of Bacillus subtilis

✍ Niaudet, B. ;Jannière, L. ;Ehrlich, S. D. 📂 Article 📅 1984 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 916 KB

Directly repeated pBR322 sequences 3.7-3.8 kb long recombine with a frequency of about 10% per generation when carried on plasmids related to pC194 and 0.01% per generation when carried on the Bacillus subtilis chromosome. Recombination is therefore 1,000 times more efficient in plasmids than in the