Cloning of Maize TED Transposon into Escherichia coli Reveals the Polychromatic Sequence Landscape of Refractorily Propagated Plasmids
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Gene Structure and Transposase Characteristics of TED and Jittery
2.2. TED Full-Length Genomic DNA and cDNA Are Refractory to Be Cloned in E. coli
2.3. TED and Its cDNA Are Cloned by Appropriately Extending Bacterial Recovery Time Prior to Plating
2.4. TED Is Highly Unstable and Hard to Maintain Intact within Bacterial Plasmids
2.5. TED Sequence Has No Effect of Inhibition of Bacterial Growth In Vitro
2.6. Complex Sequence Structure Formed by TED May Be the Hurdle for Cloning
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Genetic Stocks
4.2. Preparation of RNA and Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends
4.3. Protein Sequence Analysis
4.4. Modification of Cloning Protocols and Inserts Identification
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Cong, C.; Tan, J.; Li, C.; Liu, F.; Yu, Q.; Zhu, L.; Li, Y. Cloning of Maize TED Transposon into Escherichia coli Reveals the Polychromatic Sequence Landscape of Refractorily Propagated Plasmids. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 11993. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijms231911993
Cong C, Tan J, Li C, Liu F, Yu Q, Zhu L, Li Y. Cloning of Maize TED Transposon into Escherichia coli Reveals the Polychromatic Sequence Landscape of Refractorily Propagated Plasmids. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(19):11993. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijms231911993
Chicago/Turabian StyleCong, Chunsheng, Jingsheng Tan, Chuxi Li, Fangyuan Liu, Qian Yu, Li Zhu, and Yubin Li. 2022. "Cloning of Maize TED Transposon into Escherichia coli Reveals the Polychromatic Sequence Landscape of Refractorily Propagated Plasmids" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 19: 11993. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijms231911993