Cloning of the structural gene for orotidine 5′-phosphate carboxylase of Neurospora crassa by expression in Escherichia coli
✍ Scribed by Buxton, F. P. ;Radford, A.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 190
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0026-8925
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✦ Synopsis
A Neurospora gene bank in plasmid pRK9 was used to complement pyrimidine auxotrophs in E. coli. Two plasmids were obtained that complement a pyrF mutant of E. coli. These plasmids hybridise to Neurospora DNA and transform a pyr-4 strain of Neurospora. The promoter used in expressing the orotidine 5'-monophosphate carboxylase in E. coli is within the Neurospora sequence.
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