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M L Chikindas

Publications and source records attributed to M L Chikindas.

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PubMed1991

DNA interpolyelectrolyte complexes as a tool for efficient cell transformation.

A tool was developed for enhancement of plasmid penetration into an intact cell, based on increasing DNA hydrophobicity via inclusion into a soluble interpolyelectrolyte complex (IPC) with polycations. The characteristics of formation of DNA IPC with synthetic polycations [poly(N-ethyl-4-vinylpyridinium)bromide (PVP) and PVP modified with 3% of N-cetyl-4-vinylpyridinium units (PVP-C)] were studied using ultracentrifugation and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis methods. The conditions were established under which the mixing of DNA and polycation aqueous solutions results in the self-assembly of soluble IPC species. Incorporation of DNA into IPC results in the enhancement of DNA binding with isolated Bacillus subtilis membranes. A considerable increase in the efficiency of transformation of B. subtilis cells with pBC16 plasmid resulted from incorporation of the plasmid into the IPC with PVP and CVP.

Bacillus subtilis↗
PubMed1990

[Expression of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin A gene in heterologous systems].

The genomic library of Staphylococcus aureus genes on the plasmid vector pSL5 has been constructed. The library contains a 2.5 kb HindIII DNA fragment including the gene for enterotoxin A. The entA gene on the high copy number plasmids in the Escherichia coli cells deficient in proteolysis determines the synthesis of enterotoxin A in the amounts comparable to the ones in the parent strain Staphylococcus aureus FRI 722(H).

Bacillus subtilis↗
PubMed1989

[Expression of the Bacillus pumilus chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene in Bacillus subtilis, achieved by the P-R-promotor of phage lambda].

The possibility of expression of the Bacillus pumilus chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene (cat) in Bacillus subtilis from the pR promoter of phage lambda has been investigated in this work. For this purpose, the plasmid pPL703 carrying the B. pumilus DNA segment with the cat gene lacking promoter has been combined with the plasmid pBM21 containing the pR promoter. The recombinant plasmid pEL1 is capable of providing the 60 mkg/ml chloramphenicol resistance in Bac. subtilis cells.

Bacillus↗
PubMed1987

[Study of the 210-degree region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome using recombinant plasmids].

The 210 degrees region of Bacillus subtilis DNA containing the rib operon and genes for the first (dapA) and last (lysA) steps of lysine biosynthesis was cloned. PstI fragments of B. subtilis m.m. 4.7 MD DNA containing the lys and the proximal part of rib operon were isolated from different B. subtilis strains (SB25 and SHgW) and shown to have the same restriction and genetic maps. The restriction mapping of EcoRI fragment of B. subtilis m.m. 6.3 MD DNA containing the rib operon has been carried out.

Bacillus subtilis↗
PubMed1987

[The bounds of the riboflavin operon in Bacillus subtilis].

All the structural genes of riboflavin biosynthesis are shown to be located on the 2.8 MD DNA fragment, using the collection of plasmids, carrying the Bacillus subtilis riboflavin operon fragments and Bacillus subtilis strains, containing various deletions of rib-operon for analysis. The proximal Bgl II site is shown to be located between promoter P1 and the first structural gene ribG. The distal Hind III site of fragment C is the left bound of the rib-operon.

Bacillus subtilis↗
PubMedDate not supplied

[Cloning of the gene for thermostable Thermus aquaticus YT1 DNA polymerase and its expression in Escherichia coli].

Using the phasmid vector pSL5, the genomic DNA fragment of T. aquaticus YT1 which contained the thermostable DNA polymerase (Taq-polymerase) gene was cloned. The BglII fragment of this genome locus was subcloned in the BamHI site of the pUC19 plasmid. To optimize the Taq-polymerase gene expression in E. coli cells, the gene was cloned in the correct reading frame regarding the initiation ATG codon of the pPR-TGATG-1 expression vector. The gene expression in this vector was controlled by the phage lambda PR promoter and the temperature-sensitive phage lambda repressor. We used PCR to amplify the short 5'-end fragment of the Taq-polymerase gene coding for the part into which an artificial SacI site was introduced. This site has been used for cloning the PCR product into the pPR-TGATG-1 vector, and the missing gene part was cloned into the KpnI site of the PCR product from the natural cloned gene. The cells of the E. coli PVG-A1 strain, which was obtained in the end, expressed efficiently the Taq-polymerase gene at the nonpermissive temperature. The content of the recombinant Taq-polymerase in the cells was about 1-2% of total proteins. The purified nearly homogeneous Taq-polymerase amplified efficiently in the PCR DNA fragments up to 5.5 kb long and was useful in DNA sequencing the by Sanger method. The half-life of the purified Taq polymerase was about 60 min at 95 degrees C, it was active for at least 65 standard PCR circles. The specific activity of recombinant enzyme preparations was about 180-200,000 units per mg of protein. The E. coli PVG-A1 strain enables one to isolate up to 500,000 units of purified enzyme from 2 l of bacterial culture.

Bacteriophage lambda↗