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Factors affecting recombinant frequency in protoplast fusions of Streptomyces coelicolor.

David A. Hopwood, +1 more
- 01 Mar 1979 - 
- Vol. 111, Iss: 1, pp 137-143
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The frequency of recombinants in the progeny could be significantly enhanced by ultraviolet irradiation of the parental protoplast suspensions immediately before fusion.
Abstract
Summary: The optimum concentration of polyethylene glycol 1000 (PEG) for the production of recombinants through protoplast fusion in Streptomyces coelicolor was about 50% (w/v). The addition of 14% (v/v) dimethyl sulphoxide to the fusion mixture enhanced recombination frequencies, but only at sub-optimal PEG concentrations. After treatment of protoplasts with 50% PEG for 1 min, the frequency of recombinants in a multi-factor ‘cross’ sometimes exceeded 20% of the total progeny. The frequency of recombinants in the progeny could be significantly enhanced by ultraviolet irradiation of the parental protoplast suspensions immediately before fusion.

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Formation and Reversion of Streptomycete Protoplasts: Cultural Condition and Morphological Study

M. Okanishi, +2 more
- 01 Feb 1974 - 
TL;DR: Combinations of appropriate concentrations of MgCl2 and CaCl2 were significantly effective in the reversion as well as in the stability of protoplasts.
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Transformation of plasmid DNA into Streptomyces at high frequency

TL;DR: The development of a plasmid transformation system for Streptomyces which should allow the cloning of any DNA sequence into these organisms and which, potentially, provides a means of directly manipulating the pathways of antibiotic production.
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Genetic recombination through protoplast fusion in Streptomyces.

TL;DR: Recombination frequencies achieved by this technique are so high that selectable markers could be dispensed with, at least in certain kinds of strain improvement programmes, and the availability of a simple generally applicable procedure to recombine actinomycete strains at high frequency is reported.
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Genetic Recombination in Streptomyces fradiae by Protoplast Fusion and Cell Regeneration

Richard H. Baltz
- 01 Jul 1978 - 
TL;DR: Fusion of protoplasts carrying different auxotrophic or chromosomal drug-resistance markers was achieved by treatment with polyethylene glycol, and high frequencies of stable genetic recombinants were obtained.
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Bacterial protoplast fusion: Recombination in fused protoplasts of Streptomyces coelicolor

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