Construction of an improved RP4 (RK2)-based conjugative system

被引:31
作者
Babic, Ana [1 ]
Guerout, Anne-Marie [1 ]
Mazel, Didier [1 ]
机构
[1] Inst Pasteur, Unite Plast Genome Bacterien, CNRS, URA 2171, F-75724 Paris, France
关键词
Conjugation; Suicide plasmids; Gene knock-out; RP4; plasmid; IncP alpha; Plasmid;
D O I
10.1016/j.resmic.2008.06.004
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
In many bacteria, gene replacement can only be achieved using RP4-based conjugative systems where exogenous DNA is delivered to the recipient on conditionally replicating plasmids carrying an oriT(RP4). In the commonly used strains SM10 and S17-1 conjugative functions are provided by an RP4 plasmid inserted in the chromosome. Those strains, besides mobilizing oriT(RP4)-carrying plasmids, also transfer their own chromosomal genes, which can be inconvenient for several reasons. We describe here a new version of in RP4-based conjugative system that allows for efficient transfer of mobilizable plasmids without the transfer of chromosomal genes, providing fully controlled and efficient exogeneous DNA delivery to non-transformable bacteria. (C) 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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页码:545 / 549
页数:5
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