Table 1.
Plasmids used in this work.
| Plasmids | Plasmid characteristics | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| pC194 | Natural rolling circle replicating (RCR) plasmid, 2.9-kb | Horinouchi and Weisblum, 1982; Alonso and Trautner, 1985 |
| pHP13 | RCR plasmid derivative of pTA1060, 4.9-kb | Haima et al., 1987 |
| pBT163 (pHP13-pac) | pHP13 derivative containing SPP1 DNA including pac (2675 bp cloned, coordinates 43778–44010 and 1–2439) | Chai et al., 1992 |
| pBT271 (pHP13-oriL) | pHP13 derivative containing SPP1 DNA including oriL (2975 bp, coordinates 33875–36850) | Chai et al., 1993 |
| pBT400 (pHP13-800) | pHP13 derivative containing SPP1 DNA (864 bp, coordinates 3225–4089) | This work |
| pUB110 | Natural RCR plasmid, 4.5-kb | Leonhardt, 1990 |
| pUB110-cop1 | pUB110 derivative, lower copy number | Leonhardt, 1990 |
| pBG55 (pUB110-3600) | pUB110 derivative containing SPP1 DNA (3639 bp, coordinates 23117–26756) | Deichelbohrer et al., 1985 |
| pBT233 | Theta replicating (TR) plasmid, 9-kb | Ceglowski et al., 1993a |
| pBT233N | pBT233 derivative containing the 1304 bp neomycin resistance gene (N) from pUB110 | This work |
| pBT233N-400 | pBT233N derivative containing SPP1 DNA (414 bp, coordinates 32562–32976) | This work |
| pBT233N-1300 | pBT233N derivative containing SPP1 DNA (1340 bp, coordinates 25051–26391) | This work |
| pBT233N-oriL | pBT233N derivative containing SPP1 oriL DNA (350 bp, coordinates 35801–36151 | This work |
| pBT233N-pac | pBT233N derivative containing SPP1 pac DNA (412 bp, coordinates 43689–44010 and 1–70) | This work |
| pNDH33 | TR plasmid derivative of pBS72, 8.1-kb | Titok et al., 2003 |
| pNDH33-1300 | pNDH33 derivative containing SPP1 DNA (1340 bp, coordinates 25051–26391) | This work |
| pNDH33-pac | pNDH33 derivative containing SPP1 pac DNA (412 bp, coordinates 43689–44010 and 1–70) | This work |