Isolation of DNA insertion elements from Rhizobium meliloti which are able to promote transcription of adjacent genes.

abstract：:Restriction map of the 72-kb virulence plasmid isolated from Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 was generated using EcoRI, BamHI, HindIII, and XbaI restriction enzymes. The mapping was done after cloning all of the 13 BamHI fragments of the plasmid in Escherichia coli. In addition, the restriction enzyme analysis revealed tw...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Pulkkinen L,Granberg I,Granfors K,Toivanen A

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the mutagenesis of specific, virulence-associated genes of Legionella pneumophila as the eventual goal, methods for gene transfer to these bacteria were developed. Following the observations of others that conjugative, broad-host-range plasmids could be transferred from Escherichia coli to L. pneumophila at low f...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Engleberg NC,Cianciotto N,Smith J,Eisenstein BI

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:Little knowledge of DNA replication in cyanobacteria is available. In this study, we report the development and characterization of an in vitro system for studies of replication of the endogenous plasmids from the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803. This system (fraction III) was isolated at high salt conce...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Yang X,Daniell H,McFadden B

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pCAMBIA vectors have become popular for their easy handling, stability and the existence of a range of selection and reporter genes. However, these vectors have yet to integrate the Gateway® cloning system, which has enabled site-specific recombination without the need for restriction enzymes and ligases. This paper s...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Leclercq J,Szabolcs T,Martin F,Montoro P

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single plasmids designed to express the six human type I steroid hormone receptors and detect signaling activity are described in this report. These stably replicating plasmids reported ligand-induced transcriptional activation via lacZ assays in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). The ligand concentrations need...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Miller CA 3rd,Tan X,Wilson M,Bhattacharyya S,Ludwig S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of plasmid vectors were constructed for high-level gene expression in the dimorphic gram-negative bacterium Caulobacter crescentus. These vectors incorporate the transcription and translation initiation regions of the C. crescentus CB15A rsaA gene, which codes for the abundantly synthesized protein comprising...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Bingle WH,Smit J

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small cryptic plasmid designated pHW15 was isolated from Rahnella genomospecies 2 WMR15 and its complete nucleotide sequence was determined. The plasmid contained 3002 bp with a G+C content of 47.4%. The origin of replication was identified by deletion analysis as a region of about 600 bp. This region had an identit...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Rozhon WM,Petutschnig EK,Jonak C

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated the ability of immortalized human fibroblasts to recombine transfected plasmid DNA. A number of cell lines from normal individuals and from patients with DNA damage-processing defects were examined. Two plasmid recombination substrates were derived from pSV2neo and contained nonoverlapping deletions ...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Timme TL,Wood CM,Moses RE

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of cloning vectors with conditional, temperature-sensitive replication that are selectable with ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and kanamycin has been constructed. These vectors are derivatives of a pSC101 mutant that can replicate only at low temperatures. The cloning vectors carry a number of unique restrictio...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Phillips GJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingomonas sp. CFO6 (a member of the alpha group of Proteobacteria) was isolated from a Washington soil by enrichment on the insecticide carbofuran as a sole source of carbon and energy. This strain has been shown to harbor five plasmids, at least some of which are required for catabolism of carbofuran. Rearrangemen...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Feng X,Ou LT,Ogram A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A collection of 111 commensal Escherichia coli isolated from 84 faecal samples from healthy Australian adults were screened using PCR-based replicon typing. Each isolate represented a distinct strain found in a particular faecal sample. Fifty-one isolates were resistant to one or more of 12 antibiotics tested. FII and...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Moran RA,Anantham S,Pinyon JL,Hall RM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of two novel plasmids isolated from the extreme thermophilic anaerobic bacterium Anaerocellum thermophilum DSM6725 (A. thermophilum), growing optimally at 70 degrees C, has been determined. pBAS2 was found to be a 3653 bp plasmid with a GC content of 43%, and the sequence revealed 10 open readi...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Clausen A,Mikkelsen MJ,Schröder I,Ahring BK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stable maintenance of certain plasmids in bacterial populations has contributed significantly to the current worldwide antibiotic resistance (AbR) emergency. IncX plasmids, long underestimated in this regard, have achieved recent notoriety for their roles in transmission of resistance to carbapenem and colistin, t...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Bustamante P,Iredell JR

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:A procedure for the isolation of closed circular mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from cells permeabilized with digitonin is described. Compared to the standard procedure in which cells are broken after osmotic swelling, the digitonin-based procedure is more consistent and results in higher mtDNA yields. ...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Howell N,Nalty MS,Appel J

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we present evidence that the cryptic 5.6-kb plasmid found in certain strains of Streptococcus mutans is not involved in mutacin production. This evidence comes from demonstrating similarities between a plasmid-less strain T8 and a group II plasmid strain UA96. Both produce what appears to be an identical mutacin ...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Caufield PW,Shah G,Hollingshead SK,Parrot M,Lavoie MC

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and characterized an insertion sequence from Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. cremoris strain DB1165. This element, designated IS1165, is 1553 bp, has imperfect inverted repeat ends, contains an open reading frame of 1236 bp, and is not related to any previously described insertion sequence. The copy nu...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Johansen E,Kibenich A

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and reliable method for the determination of plasmid copy numbers by direct fluorescence densitometry of ethidium bromide-stained electrophoretic gels was developed. In developing the method, the following parameters were evaluated and controlled: plasmid DNA trapping in the linear chromosomal DNA, staining-d...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Projan SJ,Carleton S,Novick RP

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The imidazole and triazole fungicides inhibit cytochrome P450 14 alpha-lanosterol demethylase (P45014DM) implicated in the ergosterol biosynthesis pathway, which is specific to fungi and yeasts. Two plasmids were obtained which allow triazole and imidazole resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The low copy number pl...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Doignon F,Aigle M,Ribereau-Gayon P

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gram-positive Corynebacterium glutamicum is widely known for its application in the industrial production of amino acids and as a non-pathogenic model organism for cell wall biosynthesis in the group of CMN bacteria. For biotechnological and physiological studies often co-expression of recombinant genes is require...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Goldbeck O,Seibold GM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple mathematical model of drug-induced plasmid elimination (curing) considering density-dependent growth rates and plasmid transfers is presented. It describes nonlinear population dynamics of conjugative plasmids during in vitro curing experiments in batch culture. The model was tested on kinetics of acridine or...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Sýkora P,Foltýnova Z,Smitálova K

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pSAM2 is an 11-kb plasmid integrated in the Streptomyces ambofaciens ATCC23877 and ATCC15154 genomes and found additionally as a free replicon in an uv derivative. After transfer into S. ambofaciens DSM40697 (devoid of pSAM2) or into Streptomyces lividans, specific integration of pSAM2 occurred very efficiently. A 58-...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Boccard F,Smokvina T,Pernodet JL,Friedmann A,Guérineau M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequences of three transfer RNAs from mosquito cell mitochondria, tRNAArgUCG, tRNAAspGUC, and tRNAIleGAU, determined using a combination of rapid ladder and fingerprinting procedures are reported. These were compared with hamster mitochondrial tRNAArgUCG and tRNAAspGUC determined similarly, and a bovine mitochondr...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： HsuChen CC,Cleaves GR,Dubin DT

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the characterization of Tn602, a transposon encoding resistance to kanamycin and related aminoglycosides present on the R-plasmid pGD10. Tn602 is highly homologous to the previously characterized Tn903, present on the R-plasmid R6, in that it consists of a gene for aminoglycoside-phosphotransferase-3'-I (hom...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Stibitz S,Davies JE

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are the genetic material often involved in the interspecies and intraspecies genetic transduction in bacteria. However, little is known about MGEs in the Anginosus group of streptococci (AGS), one of the streptococcal groups found in the oral cavity of humans. We looked for the presence ...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Tabata A,Deutsch D,Otsuka S,Verratti K,Tomoyasu T,Nagamune H,Fischetti VA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the transcriptional activity of the HIV-1 LTR, we constructed a vector containing Renilla and Firefly luciferase genes under the control of the LTR (wild-type or mutated version) and oriented in a manner that allowed them to be transcribed in opposite directions. We found that the HIV-1 LTR acted as a bidirec...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Arpin-André C,Laverdure S,Barbeau B,Gross A,Mesnard JM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pHH6000 is a composite replicon made by the in vitro ligation of the IncP plasmid RP4 to a fragment of bacteriophage lambda capable of autonomous replication. Derivatives were selected in which it had integrated into the Escherichia coli chromosome by homologous recombination with the resident lambda prophage, and pla...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Grinter NJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli pcnB gene was discovered as a regulator of ColE1 plasmid copy number about 20 years ago. Further studies indicated that this gene codes for poly(A) polymerase I (PAP I). However, although importance of RNA polyadenylation has been demonstrated and biochemical properties of PAP I have been studied exte...

journal_title：Plasmid

authors： Jasiecki J,Wegrzyn G

更新日期：2006-03-01 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