In vitro constructed plasmids containing both ends of bacteriophage Mu DNA express phage functions |
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Authors: | W Schumann and EG Bade |
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Institution: | (1) Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Postfach 7733, D-7750 Konstanz, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary The construction of a plasmid carrying the right end PstI·B fragment of bacteriophage Mu DNA and of plasmids containing in addition the left end EcoRI·C fragment of Mu DNA into the vector pBR322 is described. Inversion of the G segment still occurs in all these plasmids. By marker rescue and complementation experiments the right PstI cleavage site was located to the left of gene Q. The composite plasmids inheriting also the left end EcoRI fragment of Mu DNA express both the immunity and killing functions of Mu and direct the in vitro synthesis of presumably Mu-specific polypeptides. These results demonstrate that Mu-specific functions can be analyzed from cloned fragments. |
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