The TGV transgenic vectors for single-copy gene expression from the Escherichia coli chromosome

Plasmid-based cloning and expression of genes in Escherichia coli can have several problems: plasmid destabilization; toxicity of gene products; inability to achieve complete repression of gene expression; non-physiological overexpression of the cloned gene; titration of regulatory proteins; and the...

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Published in:Gene 2001-07, Vol.273 (1), p.97-104
Main Authors: Gumbiner-Russo, L M, Lombardo, M J, Ponder, R G, Rosenberg, S M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
arabinose
Attachment Sites, Microbiological
chloramphenicol
Chromosomes, Bacterial
Cloning, Molecular - methods
Electroporation
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli - genetics
Gene Expression
Genetic Vectors
kanamycin
Lysogeny
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Temperature
Transformation, Genetic
Transgenes
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Summary:Plasmid-based cloning and expression of genes in Escherichia coli can have several problems: plasmid destabilization; toxicity of gene products; inability to achieve complete repression of gene expression; non-physiological overexpression of the cloned gene; titration of regulatory proteins; and the requirement for antibiotic selection. We describe a simple system for cloning and expression of genes in single copy in the E. coli chromosome, using a non-antibiotic selection for transgene insertion. The transgene is inserted into a vector containing homology to the chromosomal region flanking the attachment site for phage lambda. This vector is then linearized and introduced into a recombination-proficient E. coli strain carrying a temperature-sensitive lambda prophage. Selection for replacement of the prophage with the transgene is performed at high temperature. Once in the chromosome, transgenes can be moved into other lysogenic E. coli strains using standard phage-mediated transduction techniques, selecting against a resident prophage. Additional vector constructs provide an arabinose-inducible promoter (P(BAD)), P(BAD) plus a translation-initiation sequence, and optional chloramphenicol-, tetracycline-, or kanamycin-resistance cassettes. These Transgenic E. coli Vectors (TGV) allow drug-free, single-copy expression of genes from the E. coli chromosome, and are useful for genetic studies of gene function.
ISSN:0378-1119
DOI:10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00565-0