EFFICIENT ELECTROTRANSFORMATION OF ENTEROCOCCUS-HIRAE WITH A NEW ENTEROCOCCUS ESCHERICHIA-COLI SHUTTLE VECTOR

被引:24
作者
SOLIOZ, M
WASER, M
机构
[1] Dept of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Berne, 3010 Berne
关键词
electroporation; Enterococcus; improved electroporation unit; shuttle-vector; transformation;
D O I
10.1016/0300-9084(90)90084-T
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
In the present study, an Enterococcus-Echerichia coli shuttle vector, pC3, was constructed that allows efficient transformation by electroporation of Enterococcus hirae ATCC9790. 5 × 106 transformants per microgram of plasmid DNA were obtained, using a commercial capacitor discharge device with an improved circuitry and a home-made electrode assembly, delivering pulses of 24 kV/cm across the cell suspension. The transformants were stable without selective pressure and plasmid DNA reisolated from transformed cells displayed no alterations in restriction enzyme analysis. Chromosomal DNA from E coli or E hirae, carried by pC3, was stably maintained in E hirae, making cloning and genetic manipulation in this organism feasible. © 1990.
引用
收藏
页码:279 / 283
页数:5
相关论文
共 32 条
[1]   SIMPLE AND RAPID METHOD FOR ISOLATING LARGE PLASMID DNA FROM LACTIC STREPTOCOCCI [J].
ANDERSON, DG ;
MCKAY, LL .
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1983, 46 (03) :549-552
[2]   TRANSFORMATION OF BACTERIA BY ELECTROPORATION [J].
CHASSY, BM ;
MERCENIER, A ;
FLICKINGER, J .
TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, 1988, 6 (12) :303-309
[3]  
CHASSY BM, 1987, FEMS MICROBIOL LETT, V44, P173, DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02263.x
[4]   TRANSFORMATION OF BACTERIA WITH PLASMID DNA BY ELECTROPORATION [J].
FIEDLER, S ;
WIRTH, R .
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, 1988, 170 (01) :38-44
[5]   EVIDENCE FOR A CHROMOSOME-BORNE RESISTANCE TRANSPOSON (TN916) IN STREPTOCOCCUS-FAECALIS THAT IS CAPABLE OF CONJUGAL TRANSFER IN THE ABSENCE OF A CONJUGATIVE PLASMID [J].
FRANKE, AE ;
CLEWELL, DB .
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 1981, 145 (01) :494-502
[6]  
GASSON MJ, 1980, FEMS MICROBIOL LETT, V9, P99, DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1980.tb05615.x
[7]  
GASSON MJ, 1983, J BACTERIOL, V154, P1
[8]  
GASSON MJ, 1987, STREPTOCOCCAL GENETI, P273
[9]  
HARLANDER SK, 1987, STREPTOCOCCAL GENETI, P229
[10]   EXTRUSION OF SODIUM AND HYDROGEN IONS AS PRIMARY PROCESS IN POTASSIUM ION ACCUMULATION BY STREPTOCOCCUS-FAECALIS [J].
HAROLD, FM ;
BAARDA, JR ;
PAVLASOVA, E .
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 1970, 101 (01) :152-+