Role of Intraspecies Recombination in the Spread of Pathogenicity Islands within the Escherichia coli Species
Figure 5
Conjugative F-Plasmid mediated transfer of the HPI.
(A) Physical map and (B) partial sequence of the region upstream the HPI (UR) as found in donor (NU14 HPI-Cm F'), the transconjugant (AB1157 HPI-Cm F'), and the recipient (AB1157) strains. The partial sequence of yeeI gene given in the box reveals identical sequences in the donor and transconjugant strains, but not in the recipient strain indicating a transfer of the HPI together with the flanking upstream DNA region.