Cloning the Tra1 region of RP1 |
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Authors: | J Watson L Schmidt N Willetts |
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Institution: | Department of Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland |
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Abstract: | The Tra1 region of RP1 from a derivative with Tn7 inserted into the kanamycin resistance determinant was cloned, using EcoRI, into the multicopy vector plasmid pBR325. For one orientation of the cloned fragment the resultant chimeric plasmid was very frequently lost from the cell, but in the other orientation it was much more stable and also compatible with RP1. Complementation by the stable chimeric plasmid, pED800, of a series of RP1 tra mutants showed that the mutations of all those retaining sensitivity to the P-specific phages PRR1, Pf3, and PR4, or only to PR4, mapped in the Tra1 region, while only 2 out of 20 amber mutations leading to full P-specific phage-resistance did so. |
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