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BJ5183
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BJ5183 is a component of Strategene's AdEasy system for construction of Adenovirus vectors.
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Chromosomal Genotype
This genotype is inferred from the description in Takahashi et al. [1] as:
recB recC sbcB sbcC endA galK met thi-1 bioT hsdR rpsL(strR)
The nature of bioT is unclear, as this is not a listed synonym for any annotated E. coli gene.
Plasmids
not specified
Phage
not specified
Phenotypes
Construction
unknown parents.
Notes
BJ5183 is a recBC sbc strain used for doing homologous recombination with linear dsDNA fragments. It has been used for construction of gene therapy vectors[2] and combining HSV-1 cosmids[3]. The strain originates with D. Hanahan, but it's construction is not well documented. The recombination properties of BJ5183 have been examined by Takahashi et al. [1].
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Takahashi N et al. (2003) An Escherichia coli strain, BJ5183, that shows highly efficient conservative (two-progeny) DNA double-strand break repair of restriction breaks. Gene 303: 89-97 PubMed EcoliWiki page
- ↑ Renaut L et al. (2002) A rapid and easy method for production and selection of recombinant adenovirus genomes. J Virol Methods 100: 121-31 PubMed EcoliWiki page
- ↑ Kong Y et al. (1999) An efficient in vivo recombination cloning procedure for modifying and combining HSV-1 cosmids. J Virol Methods 80: 129-36 PubMed EcoliWiki page
