title: Plasmid Co1IB contains an ssi signal close to the replication origin.
abstract: Taking advantage of the plaque morphology method, we identified a single-strand initiation (ssi) signal in plasmid pSM32, a mini-Co1Ib plasmid. This ssi signal was situated in the 350-nt HaeIII segment of the 1.8-kb S7 fragment, and located nearly 400 nt downstream of the origin of DNA replication. Introduction of the ssi signal into a mutant of filamentous phage M13 lacking oric resulted in restoration of phage growth and RFI DNA synthesis. Interestingly, DNA homology studies showed that the nucleotide sequence of the ssi signal was extremely homologous with that of the "G4-type" ssi signal in plasmid R100.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hiasa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komano
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003087:Colicins; D003090:Coliphages / Q000235:genetics; D004261:DNA Replication; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D003087:Colicins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial