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. 1989 Jun;171(6):2975–2980. doi: 10.1128/jb.171.6.2975-2980.1989

Escherichia coli dnaT gene function is required for pBR322 plasmid replication but not for R1 plasmid replication.

H Masai 1, K Arai 1
PMCID: PMC210003  PMID: 2656633

Abstract

Plasmid pBR322 was unable to replicate in a temperature-sensitive dnaT1 strain at a nonpermissive temperature, whereas a pBR322-derived plasmid carrying the wild-type dnaT+ gene was able to replicate under the same conditions. In contrast to pBR322, plasmid R1 could replicate in the dnaT1 strain at a nonpermissive temperature. In keeping with this finding, in vitro replication of plasmid R1 did not require DnaT protein.

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