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  • Title: Molecular cloning and amplification of the gene for thymidylate synthetase of E. coli.
    Author: Hickson ID, Atkinson KE, Emmerson PT.
    Journal: Gene; 1982 Jun; 18(3):257-60. PubMed ID: 6290329.
    Abstract:
    The thyA gene of Escherichia coli, which directs the synthesis of the enzyme thymidylate synthetase, has been subcloned from a recombinant lambda phage (Hickson et al., 1982) into the multicopy plasmid pBR325 to give the plasmid pPE245. To identify the thyA gene product, the transposon Tn1000 was inserted into pPE245 and derivative plasmids isolated that were no longer able to complement thyA mutations. When proteins synthesised by these plasmids and by pPE245 were labelled and analysed on SDS-polyacrylamide gels a protein of 33000 Mr, presumably the thyA+ gene product was absent whenever the thyA gene was inactivated. On assaying cell extracts prepared from cells harbouring pPE245 for thymidylate synthetase, the level of this enzyme was found to be elevated by a factor of at least 25.
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