COLOR SELECTION WITH A HYGROMYCIN-RESISTANCE-BASED ESCHERICHIA COLI-MYCOBACTERIAL SHUTTLE VECTOR

被引:61
作者
HOWARD, NS
GOMEZ, JE
KO, C
BISHAI, WR
机构
[1] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,SCH HYG & PUBL HLTH,DEPT MOLEC MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,BALTIMORE,MD 21205
[2] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT MED,DIV INFECT DIS,BALTIMORE,MD 21205
关键词
SHUTTLE PLASMID; MYCOBACTERIA; MULTIPLE CLONING SITE; COLOR SELECTION; HYGROMYCIN GENE; LACZ GENE;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(95)00597-X
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Hygromycin-resistance (Hy(R))-based Escherichia coli-mycobacterial shuttle plasmids have high efficiencies of transformation and a broad mycobacterial host range. We have introduced a lacZ alpha (encoding the alpha-polypeptide fragment of beta-galactosidase (beta Gal))-multiple cloning site cassette into a Hy(R)-based shuttle vector to generate a plasmid with nine unique cloning sites and the added feature of beta Gal color selection in appropriate E. coli host strains.
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