The ampicillin‐resistance transposon Tn3is the archetype (“Tn3” being synonymous with
“Tn1” or “Tn2”;(1)) of a large and widespread family of transposons with representatives in …

Transposable phage Mu has played a historic role in the development of the mobile DNA
element field (1). The very first paper that christened this phage after its mu tator properties …

Transposons are diverse mobile genetic elements that play the critical role as genome
architects in all domains of life. Tn3 is a widespread family and among the first identified …

Bacteriophage Mu is a paradigm coliphage studied mainly because of its use of
transposition for genome replication. However, in extensive nonsense mutant screens, only …

This article traces the pioneering contributions of phage Mu to our current knowledge of how
movable elements move/transpose. Mu provided the first molecular evidence of insertion …

The advantages of phage Mu transposition-based systems for the chromosomal editing of
plasmid-less strains are reviewed. The cis and trans requirements for Mu phage-mediated …

The α-proteobacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus is a model organism for the study of
bacterial photosynthesis and the bacteriophage-like gene transfer agent. Characterization of …

Like other transposons of the Tn3 family, Tn4430 exhibits target immunity, a process that
prevents multiple insertions of the transposon into the same DNA molecule. Immunity is …

Background Marine phages are spectacularly diverse in nature. Dozens of roseophages
infecting members of Roseobacter clade bacteria were isolated and characterized …

The E. coli chromosome is compacted by segregation into 400–500 supercoiled domains by
both active and passive mechanisms, for example, transcription and DNA-protein …