title: Genetic analysis of insertion mutations of the promiscuous IncP-1 plasmid R18 mapping near oriT which affect its host range.
abstract: Transposon Tn7 insertion mutations of the promiscuous IncP-1 plasmid R18 which affect its conjugational transmissibility from Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Escherichia coli C, a strain of E. coli K12, Salmonella typhimurium and P. maltophilia have been mapped physically. They map to coordinate 53.5 kb in the Tral region of the plasmid. An 800-bp fragment mapping between R18 coordinates 52.85 and 53.65 kb, which complemented the host range defect of the mutants when tested with E. coli C as recipient, has been identified. However, complementation occurred only when the 800-bp cloned fragment was provided in the E. coli C recipient but not when situated in the P. aeruginosa donor. It is concluded that a trans-acting gene product of R18 is required, in the transcipient, for conjugative DNA metabolism during, or immediately following, the conjugational transfer of this plasmid between certain donor and recipient hosts.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schilf
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krishnapillai
mesh_terms: D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000502:physiology; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004274:DNA, Recombinant