Piñeiro S A, Sordelli D O, Centrón D
Laboratorio BioSidus S.A., (1254) Constitución 4234, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Curr Microbiol. 2000 May;40(5):302-5. doi: 10.1007/s002849910060.
A promoter vector pACPR33 for Escherichia coli based on the promotorless ampicillin-resistance gene from pBR322 has been constructed. The promoter of the ampicillin-resistance gene was deleted and replaced by a suitable multiple cloning site. Molecular cloning of promoters into the polylinker resulted in activation of the ampicillin resistance in E. coli. The plasmid contains a functional origin of DNA replication and a tetracycline resistance gene for E. coli, and a chloramphenicol resistance gene for S. aureus. The vector permitted direct detection of promoter activity, especially strong promoters, by easy iodometric determination of beta-lactamase activity in liquid or solid media.