Genetic analysis of fusion recombinants in Bacillus subtilis: Function of the recE gene

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Bacillus subtilis protoplast fusion allows the study of the genetic recombination of an entire procaryotic genome. Protoplasts from bacterial strains marked genetically by chromosomal mutations were fused using polyethylene glycol and the regenerated cells analyzed. Recombinants represent 19.3% of heterozygotic cells; they are haploids. Individual characterization of clones show a unique particular phenotype in each colony suggesting that recombination takes place immediately after fusion, probably before the first cellular division. Recombination occurs in the whole chromosome; in one-third of the cases both reciprocal recombinants could be shown in the colony. The genetic interval that includes the chromosome replication origin shows the highest recombination level. Our results suggest that the RecE protein accounts for most of the fused protoplast recombination; however, some 'replication origin-specific' recombination events were independent of the recE gene product.

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Ftouhi, N., & Guillen, N. (1990). Genetic analysis of fusion recombinants in Bacillus subtilis: Function of the recE gene. Genetics, 126(3), 487–496. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/126.3.487

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