A VECTOR FOR THE SITE-DIRECTED, GENOMIC INTEGRATION OF FOREIGN DNA INTO SOYBEAN ROOT-NODULE BACTERIA

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作者
ACUNA, G [1 ]
ALVAREZMORALES, A [1 ]
HAHN, M [1 ]
HENNECKE, H [1 ]
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[1] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL, INST MIKROBIOL, UNIV STR 2, CH-8092 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
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10.1007/BF00017985
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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A non-essential DNA region carrying two different repeated sequences (RS.beta.3 and RS.alpha.9) adjacent to a nitrogen fixation (nif) gene cluster has been identified previously in Bradyrhizobium japonicum strain 110. In closely related B. japonicum strains a similar genomic arrangement was found. We constructed a mobilizable plasmid vector carrying RS.beta.3 and RS.alpha.9, and a kanamycin resistance cassette (nptII gene) plus suitable cloning sites inserted between the two repeated sequences. Using this vector (pRJ1035), stable integration of a lacZ gene fusion into the B. japonicum genomic RS region was achieved. The resulting strain yielded more than 10-fold higher .beta.-galactosidase activity in soybean root nodules as compared to a B. japonicum strain carrying the same lacZ fusion on a pRK290-based plasmid.
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