ColE plasmid replication in DNA polymerase I-deficient strains ofEscherichia coli |
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Authors: | William Tacon and David Sherratt |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, BN1 9QG Brighton, Sussex, England |
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Abstract: | Summary Replication of the non-conjugative plasmids ColE1, ColE2 and ColE3 has been examined in a number of DNA polymerase I-deficient strains, two of which contain the amber mutationpolA1 along with either of two temperature-sensitivesupF amber suppressors. These latter two strains produce reduced amounts of DNA polymerase I polymerizing activity of similar, if not identical properties to that produced bypolA+ strains. Our results indicate that the ColE plasmids require different amounts of DNA polymerase I for stable plasmid maintenance. Moreover whereas all three plasmids are maintained in a strain defective in the 53 exonuclease activity of DNA polymerase I, ColE2 and ColE3 are not stably maintained between 30° and 43° in a number of DNA polymerase I-deficient strains that are temperature-sensitive for ColE1 replication. |
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