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Title: A mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci
Authors: Nilsson, Martin
Christiansen, Natalia
Høiby, Niels
Twetman, Svante
Givskov, Michael
Tolker-Nielsen, Tim
Keywords: Biofilms
Issue Date: 2014
Source: Nilsson, M., Christiansen, N., Høiby, N., Twetman, S., Givskov, M., & Tolker-Nielsen, T. (2014). A mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci. MicrobiologyOpen, 3(3), 333-340.
Series/Report no.: MicrobiologyOpen
Abstract: This article describes the construction and characterization of a mariner-based transposon vector designed for use in oral streptococci, but with a potential use in other Gram-positive bacteria. The new transposon vector, termed pMN100, contains the temperature-sensitive origin of replication repATs-pWV01, a selectable kanamycin resistance gene, a Himar1 transposase gene regulated by a xylose-inducible promoter, and an erythromycin resistance gene flanked by himar inverted repeats. The pMN100 plasmid was transformed into Streptococcus mutans UA159 and transposon mutagenesis was performed via a protocol established to perform high numbers of separate transpositions despite a low frequency of transposition. The distribution of transposon inserts in 30 randomly picked mutants suggested that mariner transposon mutagenesis is unbiased in S. mutans. A generated transposon mutant library containing 5000 mutants was used in a screen to identify genes involved in the production of sucrose-dependent extracellular matrix components. Mutants with transposon inserts in genes encoding glycosyltransferases and the competence-related secretory locus were predominantly found in this screen.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103603
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20017
ISSN: 2045-8827
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.171
Rights: © 2014 The Authors. MicrobiologyOpen published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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