Four different integrative recombination events involved in the mobilization of the gonococcal 5.2 kb beta-lactamase plasmid pSJ5.2 in Escherichia coli.

We identified and characterized four different recombination mechanisms involved in the cointegrative transfer of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae beta-lactamase plasmid pSJ5.2 by the gonococcal 41 kb tet(M) and the Gram negative self-transmissible plasmids N3 and R64 drd-33 using an Escherichia colirecA-background. Mobilization of pSJ5.