Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
The genetics of the biosynthesis of an exocellular polysaccharide (EPS) from Zoogloea ramigera I-16-M is being investigated. Tn5 insertion mutants deficient in EPS production were isolated by screening for the absence of fluorescence on plates containing the dye Cellufluor (Polysciences Chemicals). Complementation of these mutations was achieved with a Z. ramigera I-16-M gene library constructed in a broad-host-range cosmid vector and introduced into the I-16-M mutants by conjugation. Four recombinant plasmids able to restore EPS production to all of these mutants were found to contain at least 14 kilobases of common insert DNA. Subcloning of the common region and restriction mapping the locations of Tn5 insertions have identified two complementation groups contained within a chromosomal segment of DNA that is between 4.6 and 6.5 kilobases in size. We have clearly demonstrated genetic instability in this region which leads to spontaneous deletions and possibly rearrangements resulting in the loss of EPS production.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-1195397, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-135526, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-16346138, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-2878929, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-2985267, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-3015875, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-3020004, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-3034868, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-377280, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-3862129, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-388356, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-3918000, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-3932325, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-5095074, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-6127165, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-6162401, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-6269067, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-6281010, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-6295879, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-6330052, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-6427188, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-7434003, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/2820929-881736
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4518-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation of Zoogloea ramigera I-16-M exopolysaccharide biosynthetic genes and evidence for instability within this region.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't