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Molecular rearrangement of lactose plasmid DNA associated with high-frequency transfer and cell aggregation in Lactococcus lactis 712. 1992

M J Gasson, and S Swindell, and S Maeda, and H M Dodd
AFRC Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK.

High-frequency conjugation of the lactose plasmid pLP712 is associated with a constitutive cell aggregation phenotype and is facilitated by cointegration with a sex factor. Analysis of 23 independently derived enlarged lactose plasmids revealed that the sex factor DNA present in cointegrates varied in size. This suggested that more than simple cointegration with a sex factor plasmid was involved. Further analysis led to the discovery of a chromosomally located sex factor that could excise and be lost or exist as labile plasmid DNA. Cointegration with this sex factor was shown to be promoted by transposition of a copy of ISSI present on the lactose plasmid, and models are presented to account for the complex and variable structures of the resulting enlarged lactose plasmids.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007786 Lactose Factors Plasmids which determine the ability of a bacterium to ferment lactose. Lac Factors,Factors, Lac,Factors, Lactose
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D003227 Conjugation, Genetic A parasexual process in BACTERIA; ALGAE; FUNGI; and ciliate EUKARYOTA for achieving exchange of chromosome material during fusion of two cells. In bacteria, this is a uni-directional transfer of genetic material; in protozoa it is a bi-directional exchange. In algae and fungi, it is a form of sexual reproduction, with the union of male and female gametes. Bacterial Conjugation,Conjugation, Bacterial,Genetic Conjugation
D004269 DNA, Bacterial Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of bacteria. Bacterial DNA
D005144 F Factor A plasmid whose presence in the cell, either extrachromosomal or integrated into the BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME, determines the "sex" of the bacterium, host chromosome mobilization, transfer via conjugation (CONJUGATION, GENETIC) of genetic material, and the formation of SEX PILI. Resistance Transfer Factor,Sex Factor F,Sex Factor, Bacterial,Bacterial Sex Factor,Bacterial Sex Factors,F Plasmid,F Plasmids,Factor, Bacterial Sex,Factors, Bacterial Sex,Fertility Factor, Bacterial,Sex Factors, Bacterial,Bacterial Fertility Factor,Bacterial Fertility Factors,F Factors,Factor F, Sex,Factor Fs, Sex,Factor, Bacterial Fertility,Factor, F,Factor, Resistance Transfer,Factors, Bacterial Fertility,Factors, F,Factors, Resistance Transfer,Fertility Factors, Bacterial,Fs, Sex Factor,Plasmid, F,Plasmids, F,Resistance Transfer Factors,Sex Factor Fs,Transfer Factor, Resistance,Transfer Factors, Resistance
D001483 Base Sequence The sequence of PURINES and PYRIMIDINES in nucleic acids and polynucleotides. It is also called nucleotide sequence. DNA Sequence,Nucleotide Sequence,RNA Sequence,DNA Sequences,Base Sequences,Nucleotide Sequences,RNA Sequences,Sequence, Base,Sequence, DNA,Sequence, Nucleotide,Sequence, RNA,Sequences, Base,Sequences, DNA,Sequences, Nucleotide,Sequences, RNA
D013294 Lactococcus lactis A non-pathogenic species of LACTOCOCCUS found in DAIRY PRODUCTS and responsible for the souring of MILK and the production of LACTIC ACID. Streptococcus lactis,Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis
D015321 Gene Rearrangement The ordered rearrangement of gene regions by DNA recombination such as that which occurs normally during development. DNA Rearrangement,DNA Rearrangements,Gene Rearrangements,Rearrangement, DNA,Rearrangement, Gene,Rearrangements, DNA,Rearrangements, Gene

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