DNA mobile genetic elements

type of DNA in bacterial genomes

thumb|A schematic representation of the pBR322 vector with restriction sites indicated in blue. pBR322 is a plasmid and was one of the first widely used cloning vectors for E. coli. Created in 1977 in the laboratory of Herbert Boyer at the University of California, San Francisco, it was named after Francisco Bolívar Zapata, a postdoctoral researcher, and Raymond L. Rodriguez. The p stands for "plasmid," and BR for "Bolivar" and "Rodriguez."

kind of transposable element