A Mobilizable Shuttle Vector for the Cyanobacterium Plectonema Boryanum

References

1. Buzby J. S., Porter R. D., Stevens S. E. 1985; Expression of the Escherichia coli lacZ gene on a plasmid vector in a cyanobacterium. Science 230:805–807
   [Google Scholar]
2. Daniell H., Sarojini G., Mcfadden B. A. 1986; Transformation of the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans 6301 with the Escherichia coli plasmid pBR322. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 83:2546–2550
   [Google Scholar]
3. Daniell H., Torres-Ruiz J., Inamdar A., Mcfadden B. A. 1989; Amplified expression of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in pBR322-transformants of Anacystis nidulans. Archives of Microbiology 151:59–64
   [Google Scholar]
4. Felkner R. H., Barnum S. R. 1988; Plasmid content and homology of 16 strains of filamentous, nonheterocystous cyanobacteria. Current Microbiology 17:37–41
   [Google Scholar]
5. Flores E., Wolk C. P. 1985; Identification of facultatively heterotrophic, N₂-fixing cyanobacteria able to receive plasmid vectors from Escherichia coli by conjugation. Journal of Bacteriology 162:1339–1341
   [Google Scholar]
6. Gallon J. R., Perry S. M., Rajab T. M. A., Flaych K. A. M., Yunes J. S., Chaplin A. E. 1988; Metabolic changes associated with the diurnal pattern of N₂ fixation in Gloeothece. Journal of General Microbiology 134:3079–3087
   [Google Scholar]
7. Gallon J. R., Hashem M. A., Chaplin A. E. 1991; Nitrogen fixation by Oscillatoria spp. under autotrophic and photoheterotrophic conditions. Journal of General Microbiology 137:31–39
   [Google Scholar]
8. Grobbelaar N., Lun H. Y., Huang T. C. 1987; Induction of a nitrogenase activity rhythm in Synechococcus and the protection of its nitrogenase against photosynthetic oxygen. Current Microbiology 15:29–33
   [Google Scholar]
9. Houmard J., Tandeau de Marsac N. 1988; Cyanobacterial genetic tools: current status. Methods in Enzymology 167:808–847
   [Google Scholar]
10. Kreps S., Ferino F., Mosrin C., Gerits J., Mergeay M., Thuriaux P. 1990; Conjugative transfer and autonomous replication of promiscuous IncQ plasmid in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. Molecular and General Genetics 221:129–133
    [Google Scholar]
11. Misra H. S., Tuli R. 1992; Cyclic regulation of nitrogen fixation and photosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Plectonema boryanum. In Proceedings of Department of Atomic Energy {India) Symposium on Molecular Biology of Microorganisms pp. 229–234 Pune: National Chemical Laboratory;
    [Google Scholar]
12. Mitsui A., Kumazawa S., Takahashi A., Ikemoto H., Cao S., Arai T. 1986; Strategy by which nitrogen-fixing unicellular cyanobacteria grow photoautotrophically. Nature; London: 323720–722
    [Google Scholar]
13. Murray M. A., Wolk C. P. 1991; Identification and initial utilization of a portion of the smaller plasmid of Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413 capable of replication in Anabaena sp. strain M-131. Molecular and General Genetics 227:113–119
    [Google Scholar]
14. Rai A. N., Borthakur M., Bergman B. 1992; Nitrogenase derepression, its regulation and metabolic changes in the nonheterocystous cyanobacterium Plectonema boryanum PCC 73110. Journal of General Microbiology 138:481–491
    [Google Scholar]
15. Rippka R., Deruelles J., Waterbury J. B., Herdman M., Stanier R. Y. 1979; Generic assignments, strain histories and properties of pure cultures of cyanobacteria. Journal of General Microbiology 111:1–61
    [Google Scholar]
16. Sambrook J., Fritsch E. F., Maniatis T. 1989 Molecular Cloning - a Laboratory Manual Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory;
    [Google Scholar]
17. Sassanfar M., Roberts J. 1991; Constitutive and UV-mediated activation of RecA protein: combined effects of recA441 and recF143 mutations and of addition of nucleosides and adenine. Journal of Bacteriology 173:5869–5875
    [Google Scholar]
18. Simon R., Priefer U., Puhler A. 1983a; Vector plasmids for in vivo and in vitro manipulations of gram negative bacteria. In Molecular Genetics of the Bacteria-Plant Interaction pp. 98–106 Puhler A. Edited by Berlin: Springer-Verlag;
    [Google Scholar]
19. Simon R., Prefer U., Puhler A. 1983b; A broad host range mobilization system for in vivo genetic engineering. Transposon mutagenesis in gram negative bacteria. Biotechnology 1:784–791
    [Google Scholar]
20. Sodo K., Tatara M., Takeyama H., Burgess J. G., Matsunaga T. 1992; Conjugative gene transfer in marine cyanobacteria: Synechococcus sp., Synechocystis sp. and Pseudanabaena sp. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 37:369–373
    [Google Scholar]
21. Tuli R., Vachhani A. K., Iyer R. K. 1990; Plasmids in Plectonema boryanum and a mobilisable vector system for the cyanobacterium. In Nitrogen Fixation: Achievements and Objectives. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation p. 593 Gresshof P. M., Roth L. E., Stacey G., Newton W. E. Edited by New York & London: Chapman & Hall;
    [Google Scholar]
22. Vachhani A. K., Iyer R. K., Tuli R. 1992; Plasmids in the cyanobacterium Plectonema boryanum and characterisation of a small endogenous plasmid. Journal of Biosciences 17:167–172
    [Google Scholar]
23. Weare N. M., Benemann J. R. 1974; Nitrogenase activity and photosynthesis in Plectonema boryanum. Journal of Bacteriology 119:258–265
    [Google Scholar]
24. Wolk C. P., Vonshak A., Kehoe P., Elhai J. 1984; Construction of shuttle vectors capable of conjugative transfer from Escherichia coli to nitrogen-fixing filamentous cyanobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 81:1561–1565
    [Google Scholar]