Table 1. Bacterial strains and plasmids used in this study.
Characteristics | Reference | |
Strains | ||
K12 MG1655 | E. coli wild type | [36] |
Plasmids | ||
pSB1K3 | BioBrick assembly plasmid | Registry of St. Biological Parts |
pSB1A1(GFP) | AmpR, λ promoter controlled GFP | This study |
pKM208 | Red recombinase controlled by lacZ | [16] |
pCP20 | FLP recombinase helper plasmid | [12] |
pSB1K3(FRTK) | kanamycin FRT cassette in pSB1K3 | This study |
pSB1K3(FRTKr) | DNA construct (λ repressor) in pSB1K3(FRTK) | This study |