Bacteriophages for incompatibility group H plasmids: morphological and growth characteristics.

abstract：:pIP501 and pAM beta 1 are promiscuous plasmids from gram-positive bacteria which carry structurally and genetically related replication functions (L. Jannière, A. Gruss and S.D. Ehrlich, 1993, in "Bacillus subtilis and Other Gram-positive Bacteria: Biochemistry, Physiology, and Molecular Genetics (A.L. Sonenshein, J.A...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Pujol C,Ehrlich SD,Jannière L

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperate bacteriophage MAV1 is found in certain highly virulent strains of Mycoplasma arthritidis. Integration sites, portions of the right and left prophage ends, and flanking DNA from eight prophages in seven M. arthritidis strains were characterized in this study. attb and attp sites conformed for the most part to...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Washburn LR,Miller EJ,Mukherjee S,Dannenbring D

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA replication initiation has been well-characterized; however, studies in the past few years have shown that there are still important discoveries to be made. Recent publications concerning the bacterial DnaA protein have revealed how this replication initiator, via interaction with specific sequences within the ori...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Zabrocka E,Wegrzyn K,Konieczny I

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variovorax sp. strain DB1 and Pseudomonas pickettii strain 712 are 2,4-dicholorophenoxy-acetic acid (2,4-D)-degrading bacteria, which were isolated from agricultural soils in Republic of Korea and USA, respectively. Each strain harbors a 2,4-D degradative plasmid and is able to utilize 2,4-D as the sole source of carb...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Kim DU,Kim MS,Lim JS,Ka JO

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the complete nucleotide sequence of a mer operon located on a 60-kb conjugative plasmid pKLH2 from an environmental bacterium, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, isolated from a mercury mine. The pKLH2 mer operon has essentially the same gene organization as that of Tn21 and Tn501 from clinical bacteria. The pKLH...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Kholodii GY,Gorlenko Z,Lomovskaya OL,Mindlin SZ,Yurieva OV,Nikiforov VG

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pSM19035 is a low-copy-number theta-replicating plasmid, which belongs to the Inc18 family. Plasmids of this family, which show a modular organization, are functional in evolutionarily diverse bacterial species of the Firmicutes Phylum. This review summarizes our understanding, accumulated during the last 20 years, on...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Lioy VS,Pratto F,de la Hoz AB,Ayora S,Alonso JC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mud (mini-Mu) transposons are defective phage Mu genomes that conserve the Mu ends. The transduction of Mud transposons is strictly dependent on Mu complementation, inefficient, and affected by modifications in the Mud internal sequences. The transduction of Mud transposons depends on transposition, which appears to b...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Reyes O,Beyou A,Mignotte-Vieux C,Richaud F

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conjugative transfer system of Yersinia enterocolitica 29930 present on the cryptic plasmid p29930 comprises a mating pore formation system (Mpf) related to that of the IncX plasmid R6K and a DNA transfer and replication system (Dtr) with close relationship to the mob region of the mobilizable plasmid CloDF13. Two...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Kraushaar B,Appel B,Lanka E,Strauch E

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonviral gene delivery has gained a lot of interest as a promising approach for gene therapy. Despite intensive studies and much progress the outcome of nonviral vectors has remained significantly weaker than that of viral vectors. A weak transfection efficiency of nonviral gene transfection is still limiting their in...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Soininen P,Hanzlíková M,Paukkunen M,Lecklin A,Männistö PT,Raasmaja A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the extent to which the degradative plasmids SAL, NAH, and TOL of the Inc P-9 incompatibility group share common DNA sequences. The homology we observe using 32P-labeled SAL and NAH DNA probes can be assigned to six regions of the TOL (pWWO) restriction endonuclease cleavage map. At least three of the...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Lehrbach PR,McGregor I,Ward JM,Broda P

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmid pRK404-a smaller derivative of RK2-is a tetracycline-resistant broad-host-range vector that carries a multiple cloning site and the lacZ(alpha) peptide that enables blue/white selection for cloned inserts in Escherichia coli. We present herein the complete and annotated sequence of pRK404 and three related vec...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Scott HN,Laible PD,Hanson DK

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coupling sequences are the 6 bp flanking the conjugative transposon Tn916 and are thought to play a role in determining the frequency of conjugative transposition. The affinity of binding of a chimeric protein, which consisted of maltose binding protein fused to the carboxy-terminal DNA binding domain of Tn916 integra...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Pethel B,Churchward G

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the prevalence of Arthrobacter in the environment little is known about their plasmids, or the capacity of Arthrobacter plasmids to mediate horizontal gene transfer. In this study, we compared eight plasmids from five Arthrobacter strains in order to identify putative core maintenance genes for replication, se...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Jerke K,Nakatsu CH,Beasley F,Konopka A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chimeric plasmid pBN183 was first constructed in Escherichia coli by ligating the BamHI-digested E. coli plasmid pBR322 and a Bg/II-linearized streptococcal plasmid, pNZ18. The pBN183 transformed E. coli to ApR at a frequency of (8.2 +/- 1.2) x 10(5) colony forming units (CFU)/microgram DNA. Electrotransformation ...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Solaiman DK,Somkuti GA,Steinberg DH

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct families of repetitive DNA elements (1.4 and 1.2 kb) were identified from S1 nuclease-treated genomic DNA of four strains of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. The 1.4-kb fragment hybridized with IST2, an insertion sequence of T. ferrooxidans. The 1.2-kb fragment was cloned and sequenced. The sequence (IST445), 1...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Chakraborty R,Deb C,Lohia A,Roy P

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The construction of a set of new plasmids that are suitable as general cloning vectors in Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens is described. Plasmid pUCD2 is amplifiable in E. coli, replicates in a wide range of gram-negative hosts and contains a number of useful restriction endonuclear cleavage sites and an...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Close TJ,Zaitlin D,Kado CI

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel type I restriction-modification specificity subunit, S. LlaW12I, has been identified on the naturally occurring 8.0-kb plasmid pAW122 in the lactic acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris W12. Presence of the HsdS protein together with a complete type I restriction-modification system conferred incre...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Madsen A,Westphal C,Josephsen J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avirulence gene D (avrD) in strain PT23 of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst) specifies the production of syringolides, which are elicitors of plant defense reactions. An 83-kb indigenous plasmid (pPT23B) that carries avrD has been mapped and characterized and a putative par region was identified. pPT23B contains a...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Murillo J,Shen H,Gerhold D,Sharma A,Cooksey DA,Keen NT

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide sequence analysis of the Tn4451-deletion derivatives, pJIR47 and pJIR86, which were derived from Escherichia coli and Clostridium perfringens, respectively, showed that the deletion events that led to the formation of these plasmids were identical and precise. The results also showed that the termini of thi...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Abraham LJ,Rood JI

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As multidrug resistant bacteria pose one of the greatest risks to human health new alternative antibacterial agents are urgently needed. One possible mechanism that can be used as an alternative to traditional antibiotic therapy is transfer of killing agents via conjugation. Our work was aimed at providing a proof of ...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Starčič Erjavec M,Petkovšek Ž,Kuznetsova MV,Maslennikova IL,Žgur-Bertok D

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CoIV plasmids are large virulence plasmids of the incompatibility group IncFI. We have obtained the genetic maps of two of the most studied CoIV plasmids, pCoIV-B188 and pCoIV-K30, according to restriction enzyme sites and landmark phenotypic characteristics such as colicin V, the aerobactin iron uptake system, th...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Waters VL,Perez-Casal JF,Crosa JH

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium glutamicum is an industrial microorganism for production of amino acids. However, the metabolic engineering in C. glutamicum has been retarded due to lack of suitable vectors. In this study, we have constructed a shuttle vector pDXW-10 which harbors a large multiple cloning site suitable for cloning mu...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Xu D,Tan Y,Shi F,Wang X

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we report the complete nucleotide sequence of the toluene catabolic plasmid pD2RT of Pseudomonas migulae strain D2RT isolated from Baltic Sea water. The pD2RT is 129,894 base pairs in size with an average G+C content of 53.75%. A total of 135 open reading frames (ORFs) were predicted to encode pro...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Jutkina J,Hansen LH,Li L,Heinaru E,Vedler E,Jõesaar M,Heinaru A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The joining of DNA ends was compared in the established CV1 cell line and in African green monkey kidney primary cells, from which the CV1 cell line was established. Using a linear SV40 genome that carries a terminal repeat of 526 nucleotide pairs, we measured the efficiency of circularization by end joining relative ...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Zheng H,Chang XB,Wilson JH

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on hybridization studies, 21/32 multi-resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii contain class 1 integrons. Amplification products were obtained from 20 of the hybridization-positive strains. A single dfrA7 cassette was identified in 18 of the isolates and an integron with two cassettes (aadB-aadA4) ...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Segal H,Thomas R,Gay Elisha B

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now known that conjugative pili are determined by representative plasmids for all incompatibility groups in Escherichia coli K-12. They fall into three basic morphological groups, which are described: thin flexible, thick flexible, and rigid filaments or rods. The main thrust of this study, however, has been the...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Bradley DE

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural and functional properties of mercury resistance determinants cloned from a series of independently isolated conjugative plasmids were compared with those of the prototype HgR determinants from Tn501 and plasmid R100 (containing Tn21). Restriction endonuclease mapping classified the HgR determinants into...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Jobling MG,Peters SE,Ritchie DA

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cell clone (cl.2) having an atypical transformed morphology was isolated from a murine C127 cell culture experimentally infected with a bovine papillomavirus type 1 (BPV-1) virion preparation. cl.2 cells exhibited minimal transformed characteristics and contained multiple copies of a BPV-1 plasmid with a molecular s...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Burnett S,Moreno-Lopez J,Pettersson U

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterologous expression in Escherichia coli is often limited by yield and solubility of the foreign protein in the bacterial cytoplasm. In many cases, overexpression also results in growth inhibition. In order to produce retroviral proteins that are especially difficult to overexpress in E. coli, we designed a set of ...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Valverde V,Duplan H,Knibiehler M,Masson JM

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromonas hydrophila strain AO1 isolated from an infected fish was found to be resistant to several quinolones. A plasmid isolated from the strain AO1, termed pBRST7.6, was cloned and sequenced and shown to be 7621bp in length with a GC content of 60%. Further analysis confirmed that it contained a gene with 100% iden...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Majumdar T,Das B,Bhadra RK,Dam B,Mazumder S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00