@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-131-9-2443, author = "Nies, B. A. and Meyer, J.F. and Wiedemann, B.", title = "Tn2440, a Composite Tetracycline Resistance Transposon with Direct Repeated Copies of IS160 at its Flanks", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1985", volume = "131", number = "9", pages = "2443-2447", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-131-9-2443", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-131-9-2443", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Summary: The tetracycline resistance region of the multi-resistance plasmid pBP16 is flanked by direct repeats of the insertion sequence IS160. The tetracycline resistance region plus the flanking IS elements can transpose as a discrete unit. The composite transposon, designated Tn2440, has a size of 4.0 kb.", }