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Modern Genetic Analysis Chapter 13. Transposable Genetic Elements Transposons
Table 13-3. Some Prokaryotic Transposons

Transposon | Marker | Length (bp) | Inverted repeat

Tn1 | Ampicillin | 4,957 | 38
Tn2 | Ampicillin |  |
Tn3 | Ampicillin |  |
Tn4 | Ampicillin, streptomycin, sulfanilamide | 20,500 | Short
Tn5 | Kanamycin | 5,400 | 1500
Tn6 | Kanamycin | 4,200 | Not detectable with electron microscopy
Tn7 | Trimethoprim, streptomycin | 14,000 | Not detectable with electron microscopy
Tn9 | Chloramphenicol | 2,638 | 18/23
Tn10 | Tetracycline | 9,300 | 1400

SOURCE: M. P. Calos and J. H. Miller, Cell 20, 1980, 579595.

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