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Bacteriophage-based vectors for site-specific insertion of DNA in the chromosome of Corynebacteria.
Gene - 15 Apr 2007
Oram Mark, Woolston Joelle E, Jacobson Andrew D, Holmes Randall K, Oram Diana M
Abstract excerpt
In Corynebacterium diphtheriae, diphtheria toxin is encoded by the tox gene of some temperate corynephages such as beta. beta-like corynephages are capable of inserting into the C. diphtheriae chromosome at two specific sites, attB1 and attB2. Transcription of the phage-encoded tox gene, and many chromosomally encoded genes, is regulated by the DtxR protein in response to Fe(2+) levels. Characterizing...
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