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Journal of Bacteriology, February 2000, p. 842-847, Vol. 182, No. 3
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Towards Single-Copy Gene Expression Systems Making Gene Cloning Physiologically Relevant: Lambda InCh, a Simple Escherichia coli Plasmid-Chromosome Shuttle System

Dana Boyd, David S. Weiss,dagger Joseph C. Chen, and Jon Beckwith*

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Received 5 August 1999/Accepted 3 November 1999

We describe a simple system for reversible, stable integration of plasmid-borne genes into the Escherichia coli chromosome. Most ordinary E. coli strains and a variety of pBR322-derived ampicillin-resistant plasmids can be used. A single genetic element, a lambda phage, is the only specialized vector required. The resultant strains have a single copy of the plasmid fragment inserted stably at the lambda attachment site on the chromosome, with nearly the entire lambda genome deleted.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115. Phone: (617) 432-1920. Fax: (617) 432-7664. E-mail: jbeckwith{at}hms.harvard.edu.

dagger Present address: Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, 3403 Bowen Science Building, Iowa City, IA 52242.

Journal of Bacteriology, February 2000, p. 842-847, Vol. 182, No. 3
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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