CONSTRUCTION OF CLONING VECTORS FOR BACILLUS-THURINGIENSIS

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作者
ARANTES, O [1 ]
LERECLUS, D [1 ]
机构
[1] INST PASTEUR,CNRS,URA 1300,UNITE BIOCHIM MICROBIENNE,25 RUE DOCTEUR ROUX,F-75724 PARIS 15,FRANCE
关键词
PLASMID COPY NUMBER; GENE EXPRESSION; DELTA-ENDOTOXINS; SEGREGATIONAL STABILITY; REPLICATION REGION; HYDROXYLAMINE MUTAGENESIS; BACILLUS-SUBTILIS;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(91)90495-W
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The replication region of the Bacillus thuringiensis plasmid, pHT1030, was treated with hydroxylamine. Various copy-number mutants were selected and subsequently used to construct shuttle vectors with multiple cloning sites. These recombinant plasmids are very stable and allowed the cloning of a sigma-endotoxin-encoding gene in B. thuringiensis. Comparison between gene expression level and vector copy-number indicated that a plateau in sigma-endotoxin production is reached with a copy-number of about fifteen per equivalent chromosome.
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