From: regO: a novel locus in the regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in Rhodospirillum rubrum
Bacterial strain | Genotype or phenotype | Reference/source |
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E. coli | ||
 XL1-Blue | recA1, endA1 gyrA96 thi-1 hsdr17 sup E44 relA1 lacq ZΔ M15 Tn 10 (Tetr)] | Stratagen |
 Rsp. rubrum | Wild type | ATCC11170 |
REGO- | mutants R. rubrum regO Ω, smr, spr | This work |
REGO pRK415 regO | regO Ω, smr, spr , pRK415 TetrregO PCR fragment | This work |
Plasmids | ||
 pBluescript KSII | Cloning vector (Apr); with T3 and T7 promotors | Stratagen |
 pHP45Ω | Source of the Ω Smr Spr cassete | (Prentki and and Henry M. Krisch 1984) |
 pSUP202 | Suicide vector for R. rubrum, apr cmr tcr; mob+ | (Simon et al. 1983) |
 pRK2013 | kanr; tra+ | (Lois et al. 1993) |
 pRK415 | tetr | l (Lois et al. 1993) |
 pBS-515 | 1545 bp PCR fragment from R. rubrum was cloned in pBSKS(+), apr | This work |
 pBS-515Ω | 3545 bp, PCR fragment of R. rubrum with Ω, smr spr at NdeI site of regO was cloned in pBSKS(+), apr | This work |
 pPSUP-515Ω | 3500 bp, PCR fragment of R. ` with Ω, smr spr at NdeI site of regOwas cloned in pSUP202, apr,cmr | This work |