First Advisor

Mary L. Taylor

Term of Graduation

Spring 1988

Date of Publication

5-6-1988

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.) in Biology

Department

Biology

Language

English

Subjects

Plasmids, Arsenic, R factors, Escherichia coli

DOI

10.15760/etd.5644

Physical Description

1 online resource (2, v, 44 pages)

Abstract

The resistance transfer factor R45 from Escherichia coli confers inducible arsenate and arsenite resistance in that bacterium. The genes for these resistances were cloned into the EcoR1 - Sph1 multiple cloning site of PGEM3 Blue vector (Promega) to produce a 4.9 kilobase plasmid, pJC1. This recombinant plasmid, pJC1, conferred IPTG induced resistance to arsenite and arsenate. In addition, pJCl was tested for homology with the E. coli plasmid R773, which encodes for arsenic resistance in that bacterium as well.

Through DNA-DNA hybridization the arsenic resistance determinants of R45 and R773 were compared. Under stringent hybridization conditions, R45 demonstrated DNA sequence homology to the ArsB and Ars C genes of R773 but not to the ArsA gene of R773.

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