Molecular Fate of Heterologous Bacterial DNA in Competent BACILLUS SUBTILIS. I. Processing of B. PUMILUS and B. LICHENIFORMIS DNA in B. SUBTILIS
AUTOR(ES)
te Riele, Hein P. J.
RESUMO
Competent Bacillus subtilis cells were exposed to radioactive and density labeled donor DNA extracted from B. pumilus and B. licheniformis. The DNA from these strains hybridized with B. subtilis DNA in vitro at a rate of 24% and 11%, respectively. After entry the vast majority of heterologous DNA was found at the single-strand DNA position in CsCl gradients, and was gradually degraded during incubation. Much less donor DNA than expected from the hybridization values participated in the formation of the donorrecipient complex (DRC). By subjecting the heterologous DRC to sonication and alkaline CsCl gradient centrifugation, it was established that the DRC consisted of three components: (1) recipient DNA in which breakdown products of donor DNA were incorporated through DNA synthesis, (2) recipient DNA in which donor DNA was covalently integrated and (3) recipient DNA in which the donor moiety was not covalently integrated.
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