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[Plasmid recombination stimulated by restriction endonuclease EcoRI in vivo: formation of recombinant plasmids in recA+-cells of E. coli]. 1985

G I Aleshkin, and S N Strikhanov, and A G Skavronskaia

The possible participation of restriction endonuclease EcoRI in recombination of compatible nonhomologous plasmids in E. coli cells has been studied. To study the process, plasmids RP4 and R245 have been transferred by conjugation into the recipient cells of E. coli harbouring one of isogenic plasmids, pSA14 and pSA25, different for the genes coding restriction endonuclease EcoRI. The genetic analysis of transconjugant phenotypes, coded by the plasmids, has permitted to register the recombinant plasmids after compatibility of parent plasmids in E. coli cells. Recombination of plasmid RP4 with the plasmid pSA14, carrying EcoRI genes, has been registered in E. coli cells, producing the restriction endonuclease, while plasmid recombination has not been found in the cells harbouring plasmid pSA25, isogenic for all genes, except for EcoRI genes, with plasmid pSA14. Restriction endonuclease EcoRI is concluded to stimulate site specific recombination of nonhomologous compatible plasmids in vivo. EcoRI-mediated recombination of plasmid R245 with plasmid pSA14 is discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010641 Phenotype The outward appearance of the individual. It is the product of interactions between genes, and between the GENOTYPE and the environment. Phenotypes
D010957 Plasmids Extrachromosomal, usually CIRCULAR DNA molecules that are self-replicating and transferable from one organism to another. They are found in a variety of bacterial, archaeal, fungal, algal, and plant species. They are used in GENETIC ENGINEERING as CLONING VECTORS. Episomes,Episome,Plasmid
D011995 Recombination, Genetic Production of new arrangements of DNA by various mechanisms such as assortment and segregation, CROSSING OVER; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC CONJUGATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; or mixed infection of viruses. Genetic Recombination,Recombination,Genetic Recombinations,Recombinations,Recombinations, Genetic
D004262 DNA Restriction Enzymes Enzymes that are part of the restriction-modification systems. They catalyze the endonucleolytic cleavage of DNA sequences which lack the species-specific methylation pattern in the host cell's DNA. Cleavage yields random or specific double-stranded fragments with terminal 5'-phosphates. The function of restriction enzymes is to destroy any foreign DNA that invades the host cell. Most have been studied in bacterial systems, but a few have been found in eukaryotic organisms. They are also used as tools for the systematic dissection and mapping of chromosomes, in the determination of base sequences of DNAs, and have made it possible to splice and recombine genes from one organism into the genome of another. EC 3.21.1. Restriction Endonucleases,DNA Restriction Enzyme,Restriction Endonuclease,Endonuclease, Restriction,Endonucleases, Restriction,Enzymes, DNA Restriction,Restriction Enzyme, DNA,Restriction Enzymes, DNA
D004926 Escherichia coli A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc. Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
D015246 Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI One of the Type II site-specific deoxyribonucleases (EC 3.1.21.4). It recognizes and cleaves the sequence G/AATTC at the slash. EcoRI is from E coliRY13. Several isoschizomers have been identified. EC 3.1.21.-. DNA Restriction Enzyme EcoRI,Deoxyribonuclease SsoI,Endonuclease EcoRI,Eco RI,Eco-RI,EcoRI Endonuclease,Endodeoxyribonuclease ECoRI,Endodeoxyribonuclease HsaI,Endonuclease Eco159I,Endonuclease Eco82I,Endonuclease RsrI,Endonuclease SsoI,HsaI Endonuclease,Restriction Endonuclease RsrI

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