Specificity in the formation of delta tra F-prime plasmids.

AUTOR(ES)

Hadley, R G

RESUMO

Twenty-three independent delta tra F-prime plasmids from three different Escherichia coli K-12 sublines were isolated from Hfr strains whose points of origin coincided with the IS3 element alpha 3 beta 3 or alpha 4 beta 4 in the lac-purE region of the E. coli chromosome. Electrophoretic analysis of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid digested with EcoRI and hybridization analysis of plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid digested with BglII revealed that at least 14 of these plasmids were formed by processes involving specific bacterial and F loci. Two of the specific bacterial loci involved in delta tra F-prime formation were located at approximately 3.3 and 11.7 min on the E. coli chromosomal map. Two of the delta tra F-prime plasmids contained bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid with circularization endpoints that mapped very near the termini of the IS2 element that is normally located between lac and proC.

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