Snapshot of a Large Dynamic Replicon in a Halophilic Archaeon: Megaplasmid or Minichromosome?

Table 1.

IS Elements in pNRC100

Element Homolog(s) Size (kb) Copy no. Comments
ISH2 0.5 4 lacks ORF
ISH3 ISH27, ISH51 1.4 8 heterogeneous
ISH4 ISH50 1.0 1
ISH5 1.5 2 interrupted by ISH11
ISH7 ISH24 2.9/3.3 2 heterogeneous
ISH8 ISH26 1.4 6 heterogeneous
ISH9 ISH28 0.9 2
ISH11 1.1 2
  • Homologs are similar but nonidentical IS elements reported previously in other halophiles (Charlebois and Doolittle 1989;DasSarma 1993). ISH51 was reported from Haloferax volcanii,and the other ISH elements listed were fromHalobacterium strains.

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  1. Genome Res. 8: 1131-1141

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