A mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci

This article describes the construction and characterization of a mariner-based transposon vector designed for use in oral streptococci, but with a potential use in other Gram-positive bacteria. The new transposon vector, termed pMN100, contains the temperature-sensitive origin of replication repATs...

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Main Authors: Nilsson, Martin, Christiansen, Natalia, Høiby, Niels, Twetman, Svante, Givskov, Michael, Tolker-Nielsen, Tim
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1036032022-02-16T16:27:00Z A mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci Nilsson, Martin Christiansen, Natalia Høiby, Niels Twetman, Svante Givskov, Michael Tolker-Nielsen, Tim Biofilms This article describes the construction and characterization of a mariner-based transposon vector designed for use in oral streptococci, but with a potential use in other Gram-positive bacteria. The new transposon vector, termed pMN100, contains the temperature-sensitive origin of replication repATs-pWV01, a selectable kanamycin resistance gene, a Himar1 transposase gene regulated by a xylose-inducible promoter, and an erythromycin resistance gene flanked by himar inverted repeats. The pMN100 plasmid was transformed into Streptococcus mutans UA159 and transposon mutagenesis was performed via a protocol established to perform high numbers of separate transpositions despite a low frequency of transposition. The distribution of transposon inserts in 30 randomly picked mutants suggested that mariner transposon mutagenesis is unbiased in S. mutans. A generated transposon mutant library containing 5000 mutants was used in a screen to identify genes involved in the production of sucrose-dependent extracellular matrix components. Mutants with transposon inserts in genes encoding glycosyltransferases and the competence-related secretory locus were predominantly found in this screen. Published version 2014-07-03T01:31:12Z 2019-12-06T21:16:08Z 2014-07-03T01:31:12Z 2019-12-06T21:16:08Z 2014 2014 Journal Article Nilsson, M., Christiansen, N., Høiby, N., Twetman, S., Givskov, M., & Tolker-Nielsen, T. (2014). A mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci. MicrobiologyOpen, 3(3), 333-340. 2045-8827 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103603 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20017 10.1002/mbo3.171 24753509 en MicrobiologyOpen © 2014 The Authors. MicrobiologyOpen published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
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Singapore
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topic Biofilms
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Nilsson, Martin
Christiansen, Natalia
Høiby, Niels
Twetman, Svante
Givskov, Michael
Tolker-Nielsen, Tim
A mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci
description This article describes the construction and characterization of a mariner-based transposon vector designed for use in oral streptococci, but with a potential use in other Gram-positive bacteria. The new transposon vector, termed pMN100, contains the temperature-sensitive origin of replication repATs-pWV01, a selectable kanamycin resistance gene, a Himar1 transposase gene regulated by a xylose-inducible promoter, and an erythromycin resistance gene flanked by himar inverted repeats. The pMN100 plasmid was transformed into Streptococcus mutans UA159 and transposon mutagenesis was performed via a protocol established to perform high numbers of separate transpositions despite a low frequency of transposition. The distribution of transposon inserts in 30 randomly picked mutants suggested that mariner transposon mutagenesis is unbiased in S. mutans. A generated transposon mutant library containing 5000 mutants was used in a screen to identify genes involved in the production of sucrose-dependent extracellular matrix components. Mutants with transposon inserts in genes encoding glycosyltransferases and the competence-related secretory locus were predominantly found in this screen.
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author Nilsson, Martin
Christiansen, Natalia
Høiby, Niels
Twetman, Svante
Givskov, Michael
Tolker-Nielsen, Tim
author_facet Nilsson, Martin
Christiansen, Natalia
Høiby, Niels
Twetman, Svante
Givskov, Michael
Tolker-Nielsen, Tim
author_sort Nilsson, Martin
title A mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci
title_short A mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci
title_full A mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci
title_fullStr A mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci
title_full_unstemmed A mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci
title_sort mariner transposon vector adapted for mutagenesis in oral streptococci
publishDate 2014
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103603
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20017
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