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[Construction of the genomic library for cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 using a cosmid]. 1994

V I Shestopalov, and O O Nashchokina, and S V Shestakov, and N K Iankovskiĭ

The gene library of the phototrophic cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 was constructed in the cosmid vector Lorist6. About -3 x 10(3) recombinant clones were obtained, of which 760 were selected for further work. Each clone was kept in an individual well of a microtiter plate. The clone grids obtained were hybridized with two DNA probes, which contained the ndhE and dfr genes of Synechocystis PCC6803. Two groups of probe-overlapping cosmids (11 and 8 clones respectively), containing insertions averaging of 39 kb, were isolated. The capacity of the gene library is nine equivalents of the Synechocystis PCC6803 genome and its representativity exceeds 99%.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003001	Cloning, Molecular	The insertion of recombinant DNA molecules from prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic sources into a replicating vehicle, such as a plasmid or virus vector, and the introduction of the resultant hybrid molecules into recipient cells without altering the viability of those cells.	Molecular Cloning
D003360	Cosmids	Plasmids containing at least one cos (cohesive-end site) of PHAGE LAMBDA. They are used as cloning vehicles.	Cosmid
D004269	DNA, Bacterial	Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of bacteria.	Bacterial DNA
D000458	Cyanobacteria	A phylum of oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria comprised of unicellular to multicellular bacteria possessing CHLOROPHYLL a and carrying out oxygenic PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Cyanobacteria are the only known organisms capable of fixing both CARBON DIOXIDE (in the presence of light) and NITROGEN. Cell morphology can include nitrogen-fixing heterocysts and/or resting cells called akinetes. Formerly called blue-green algae, cyanobacteria were traditionally treated as ALGAE.	Algae, Blue-Green,Blue-Green Bacteria,Cyanophyceae,Algae, Blue Green,Bacteria, Blue Green,Bacteria, Blue-Green,Blue Green Algae,Blue Green Bacteria,Blue-Green Algae
D016680	Genome, Bacterial	The genetic complement of a BACTERIA as represented in its DNA.	Bacterial Genome,Bacterial Genomes,Genomes, Bacterial