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ArticleMolecular oral microbiology2020

Sequence and characterization of shuttle vectors for molecular cloning in Porphyromonas, Bacteroides and related bacteria.

Kevin R Jones, Benjamin Ross Belvin, Francis L Macrina, Janina P Lewis

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Article in Molecular oral microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin R JonesThe Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Benjamin Ross BelvinThe Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Francis L MacrinaThe Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
Janina P LewisThe Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0986-6201
Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

Nitrosative stress defenses in periodontopathogen Porphyromonas gingivalisR01DE023304 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI LEWIS, JANINA P · 2013 to 2025
$3.7M
Novel Plasmids for Porphyromonas Post-Genomic ResearchR01DE015663 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI MACRINA, FRANCIS L · 2004 to 2006
$670k
Biochemical characterization of Porphyromonas gingivalis HcpRF31DE025158 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI BELVIN, BENJAMIN ROSS · 2015 to 2016
$75k
NIDCR NIH HHS F31 DE025158NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE015663NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE023304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a lack of shuttle vectors to be needed for investigations into the genetics of Porphyromonas gingivalis and related species. To better understand the prevalence of candidates for such tools, we have examined multiple strains of black-pigmented anaerobes (clinical and laboratory isolates) for plasmids. As no plasmids were found in P. gingivalis strains, we have used the pYH420 plasmid, derived from P. asaccharolytica, as backbone to construct a shuttle vector in combination with pUC19 from Escherichia coli. Nucleotide sequence determination of the pYH420 plasmid revealed that it contained a gene with similarity to rep from plasmid pTS1 (isolated from Treponema denticola) as well as a homolog of mobA, a member of a gene family found on mobilizable genetic elements found in the genus Bacteroides. We constructed the pG106 and pG108 shuttle vectors using parts of the pUC19 and pYH420 vectors. This resulted in a vector with a multiple cloning site (MCS) in the lacZ gene enabling us to perform blue-white colony selection. The pG106 and pG108 shuttle vectors are electro-transformable into E. coli, P. gingivalis and B. thetaiotaomicron, where they are stable. We demonstrated that these vectors were suitable in these species for applications of molecular cloning including complementation and gene expression studies. Using the pG108 vector, we complement the hcpR mutant strain of P. gingivalis and rescued its

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BacteroidesPorphyromonasCloning, MolecularEscherichia coliGenetic VectorsPlasmidsexpressionplasmidplasmid transferPorphyromonas gingivalisreplicationshuttle plasmid

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PMID32592236
PMCPMC7894024
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