TABLE 2.
Plasmids used in this study
| Plasmid | Relevant featuresa | Source or reference(s) |
|---|---|---|
| pBR322 | Apr Tcr; cloning vector | 5 |
| pUC19 | Apr; cloning vector | 59 |
| pUC18Ery | Apr Emr; derivative of pUC18 carrying an ery gene | 50 |
| pUC19Ery | Apr Emr; derivative of pUC19 carrying an ery gene | 32 |
| pNZ8020 | Cmr; inducible expression vector carrying the nisA promoter | 14 |
| pNZ8400 | Apr; 2.4-kbp SstI fragment of Lactococcus lactis cloned in pUC19 | This studyb |
| pNZ8401 | Apr; pNZ8400 derivative with a ScaI/StuI 380-bp deletion in the galK reading frame | This studyb |
| pNZ8402 | Apr Emr; XbaI/PstI fragment of pUC19Ery containing the ery gene and cloned in pNZ8401 | This studyb |
| pNZ8410 | Apr; 7.3-kbp SalI/EcoRI fragment of Lactococcus lactis cloned in pBR322 | This studyb |
| pNZ8421 | Apr; 1.8-kbp EcoRI fragment of pNZ8410 containing galE cloned in pBR322, orientation 1 | This studyb |
| pNZ8422 | Apr; same as pNZ8421, orientation 2 | This studyb |
| pNZ8442 | Apr; 2.5-kbp SalI/NheI fragment of pNZ8410 containing galP cloned in pUC18 | This studyb |
| pNZ8451 | Apr Emr; 1.1-kbp internal HpaII fragment of galP cloned in pUC18Ery, orientation 1 | This studyb |
| pNZ8452 | Apr Emr; same as pNZ8452, orientation 2 | This studyb |
| pNZ8460 | Apr Emr; internal 0.8-kbp fragment of galE cloned in pUC18Ery | This studyb |
| pNZ8560 | Cmr; 1.8-kbp EcoRI fragment of pNZ8410 containing galE cloned in pNZ8020 | This studyb |
Emr, Apr, Cmr, and Tcr, resistance to erythromycin, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, and tetracycline, respectively.
See Materials and Methods and Fig. 1.