One-step gene amplification by Mu-mediated transposition of E. coli genes to a multicopy plasmid

Diego de Mendoza; David Clark; John E. Cronan

doi:10.1016/0378-1119(81)90101-3

One-step gene amplification by Mu-mediated transposition of E. coli genes to a multicopy plasmid

Diego de Mendoza, David Clark, John E. Cronan

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Abstract

A general in vivo method to amplify the number of copies of a specific gene in one step is described. The method is directly applicable to any selectable gene of Escherichia coli and is based on the Mu-mediated transposition of segments of host chromosomes into the conjugative, multicopy plasmid R6K. Using this method we have cloned the β-hydroxydecanoyl thioester dehydrase structural gene, fabA, into the R6K plasmid. Strains carrying the resultant plasmid produced 13 to 21 times more dehydrase than control strains.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	27-32
Number of pages	6
Journal	Gene
Volume	15
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1119(81)90101-3
State	Published - Oct 1981

Keywords

Molecular cloning
R6K vector
fabA
in vivo genetic engineering
β-hydroxydecanoyl thioester dehydrase

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Genetics

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