Plasmid maps. Schematic diagrams of plasmids pC194 (A), pBS42 (B), and pHP13 (C), all mobilized by ICEBs1. The approximate size of each plasmid is indicated under the plasmid name. Circles represent each plasmid and are not shown to scale. Thin black arrows and gene names within each circle represent functional genes or, in the case of ′mobU (B), a nonfunctional 3′ fragment of mobU (missing the 5′ end). Antibiotic resistance genes include cat (chloramphenicol resistance) and mls (macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin resistance). Small open arrows on each circle represent the origin of replication, which contains the site for nicking by the cognate replicative relaxase (encoded by rep, repU, and rep60). The sequences flanking the nic sites in each plasmid ori are highly conserved. The orientation of the open arrows indicates the direction of leading strand synthesis for rolling circle replication. pBS42 (B) and pHP13 (C) are composites of segments from several plasmids (6, 23). The junctions and sources of the different segments are indicated by the intersecting lines and plasmid names on the perimeter of each circle. For pBS42 (B), the locations of two NsiI restriction sites are indicated with a line and an “N.” The three plasmids have a 0.98-kb sequence, containing cat, in common. Other DNA sequences common to all three plasmids are ≤12 bp.