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Abstract

The rational use of IS fingerprinting for studies of the molecular epidemiology and evolution of requires understanding of the dynamics of transposition. In laboratory model systems, it has been shown that transposition is context-sensitive, i.e. it is influenced by the nature of the site in which the insertion sequence is presented. Stimulation of transposition by activation of an adjacent promoter supports the hypothesis that transposition occurs more readily from transcriptionally active locations. In addition, it has been shown that transposition can be enhanced by the expression of the transposase . These findings imply that the frequency of transposition will vary substantially between different strains of , and furthermore that a hitherto stable strain may develop more rapid variation due to transposition into an active site. The use of IS fingerprinting for the analysis of longer-range relationships between isolates therefore needs to be interpreted with care.

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