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J. Bacteriol., Jan 1997, 180-186, Vol 179, No. 1
TJ Hosted and RH Baltz
We developed a gene replacement system using the rpsL gene of Streptomyces
roseosporus and demonstrated its utility by constructing a deletion in the
S. roseosporus glnA gene. A 1.3-kb BamHI fragment that hybridized to the
Mycobacterium smegmatis rpsL gene was subcloned from an S. roseosporus
cosmid library and sequenced. Plasmid pRHB514 containing the rpsL gene
conferred streptomycin sensitivity (Sm(S)) to the Sm(r) S. roseosporus
TH149. The temperature-sensitive plasmid pRHB543 containing rpsL and the S.
roseosporus glnA gene disrupted with a hygromycin resistance (Hm(r)) gene
was introduced into S. roseosporus TH149, and recombinants containing
single and double crossovers were obtained after a temperature increase.
Southern hybridization analysis revealed that single crossovers occurred in
the glnA or rpsL genes and that double crossovers resulted in replacement
of the chromosomal glnA gene with the disrupted glnA. Glutamine synthetase
activity was undetectable in the recombinant containing the disrupted glnA
gene.
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology
Use of rpsL for dominance selection and gene replacement in Streptomyces roseosporus
Lilly Research Laboratories, A Division of Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, USA.
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