General Selection for Specific DNA-Binding Activities

AUTOR(ES)

Benson, Nicholas

RESUMO

We present a general strategy for the selection of bacterial clones that express DNA-binding activities corresponding to particular DNA recognition sites. The selection uses a "challenge phage" vector, P22 Kn9 arc-amH1605, into which is substituted a synthetic DNA-binding site for a site that controls transcription of the P22 antirepressor (ant) gene. Constitutive synthesis of antirepressor channels a challenge phage into lytic development and efficiently kills an infected host, unless the substituted site is bound by a specific protein; in this case, the challenge phage prefers lysogenic development, and the host survives and acquires an antibiotic-resistance phenotype. Infections with challenge phages carrying the E. coli Lac operator, phage λOL1 operator, or synthetic, "idealized" E. coli Trp and Tn10 Tet operators select clones that express each of the corresponding binding activities. The use of challenge phage vectors may be extended to select clones that express eukaryotic DNA-binding activities.

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