Article
Expression of a streptomycete leaderless mRNA encoding chloramphenicol acetyltransferase in Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Nov 1997
Wu C J, Janssen G R
Abstract excerpt
The chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (cat) gene from Streptomyces acrimycini encodes a leaderless mRNA. Expression of the cat coding sequence as a leaderless mRNA from a modified lac promoter resulted in chloramphenicol resistance in Escherichia coli. Transcript mapping with nuclease S1 confirme...
Topics
- Chloramphenicol
- Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase
- Chloramphenicol Resistance
- Codon, Initiator
- Escherichia coli
- Lac Operon
- Mutation
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA
- RNA, Bacterial
- RNA, Messenger
