title: Amplification and stability of recombinant plasmid molecules with a very large insert of foreign genetic material.
abstract: The capacity of bacterial plasmid vector pAT 153 for harbouring and for amplifying in a stable way a very large insert of foreign genetic material was screened. The DNA of a tree shrew herpesvirus (strain 2) with a molecular weight of about 130 megadalton (200 kilobasepairs) consisting of a long unique DNA sequence without direct and inverted repeats (greater than 40 basepairs), was used for molecular cloning. A successful insertion and stable amplification of a DNA fragment with 49 megadalton (74 kilobasepairs) cloned in Eco RI site of pAT 153 was performed, which resulted in the construction of recombinant DNA plasmid pTH2-E-C1. The stability of the recombinant plasmid pTH2-E-C1 with a super insert of 74 kilobasepairs (49 MD) indicates that the bacterial plasmid vector pAT 153 has really a high capacity for harbouring foreign genetic material.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Darai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D005784:Gene Amplification; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements