Weinstein M, Roberts R C, Helinski D R
Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0634.
J Bacteriol. 1992 Nov;174(22):7486-9. doi: 10.1128/jb.174.22.7486-7489.1992.
We demonstrate for the first time that the broad-host-range stabilization loci from plasmid RK2 cause total retention of plasmids in cells of Rhizobium meliloti during symbiosis with alfalfa. Two derivatives of plasmid RK2, pRK290 and a 7.3-kb mini-RK2 plasmid, were stabilized in R. meliloti cells isolated from root nodules by the insertion of a 3.2-kb DNA fragment or a smaller 0.8-kb DNA fragment derived from the RK2 stabilization region.
我们首次证明,来自质粒RK2的广宿主范围稳定基因座可使苜蓿根瘤菌在与苜蓿共生期间,其细胞中的质粒完全得以保留。通过插入源自RK2稳定区域的3.2 kb DNA片段或更小的0.8 kb DNA片段,质粒RK2的两个衍生物pRK290和一个7.3 kb的微型RK2质粒在从根瘤中分离出的苜蓿根瘤菌细胞中得到了稳定。