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Transformation of Escherichia coli with DNA from Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell lysates

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dc.creator Adam, Ana Cristina
dc.creator González Blasco, Gracia
dc.creator Rubio Texeira, Marta
dc.creator Polaina Molina, Julio
dc.date 2008-02-25T10:40:42Z
dc.date 2008-02-25T10:40:42Z
dc.date 1999-12
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:00:24Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:00:24Z
dc.identifier Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65 (12) : 5303-5306 (1999)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3079
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3079
dc.description We developed a system to monitor the transfer of heterologous DNA from a genetically manipulated strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Escherichia coli. This system is based on a yeast strain that carries multiple integrated copies of a pUC-derived plasmid. The bacterial sequences are maintained in the yeast genome by selectable markers for lactose utilization. Lysates of the yeast strain were used to transform E. coli. Transfer of DNA was measured by determining the number of ampicillin -resistant E. coli clones. Our results show that transmission of the Amp(r) gene to E. coli by genetic transformation, caused by DNA released from the yeast, occurs at a very low frequency (about 50 transformants per mu g of DNA) under optimal conditions (a highly competent host strain and a highly efficient transformation procedure). These results suggest that under natural conditions, spontaneous transmission of chromosomal genes from genetically modified organisms is likely to be rare.
dc.description This work was supported by grant ALI-0362-97 from CICYT.
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher American Society for Microbiology
dc.rights closedAccess
dc.subject Transfer of DNA
dc.subject genetically modified organisms
dc.title Transformation of Escherichia coli with DNA from Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell lysates
dc.type Artículo


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