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Introduction
Methods Gene Organisms
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Introduction |
DNA degradation (which results in a smear pattern) occurs
with some bacterial strains during pulsed-field
gel electrophoresis (PFGE), like Streptomyces lividans 1326.
The DNA degradation (Dnd) phenotype is also frequently determinated by PCR with
activated TAE buffer. |
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Fig. 1. DNA degradation (Dnd) phenotype
under normal agarose gel electrophoresis. Lane 1, 6, 7 and 8 display the
intact DNA after treatment with the activated TAE buffer, whereas Lane 2,
3, 4, 5 and 9 show the Dnd phenotype after treatment.
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Methods |
Protocol for the Dnd phenotype determination
with activated TAE buffer, in the
MS Word file (.doc) or in the
Adobe PDF document (.pdf). |
Protocol of pulsed-field
gel electrophoresis (PFGE) at protocol-online. |
A liquid chromatography-coupled tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry approach was descriped in the paper of
Wang, et al. (2011). |
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Analysis
of dndABCDE genes responsible
for The DNA degradation (Dnd) system in Streptomyces lividans
1326 |
Mutations in dndA ,dndC, dndD and dndE
in wide-type Streptomyces lividans 1326 all abolished the Dnd phenotype
while mutation in dndB only aggravates the Dnd phenotype. |
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Fig. 2. Streptomyces lividans 1326
and its dnd mutants. [Xu
et al., BMC Microbiol. 2009 Feb 20;9(1)] |
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Fig. 3. (A) All of the DNA samples were
proven to be stable in normal agarose gel electrophoresis buffer with added
thiourea. (B) Genomic DNA from wide-type Streptomyces lividans 1326
and its dndB mutant XTG2 both undergo degradation (streaking
in the lane) during gel electrophoresis in Tris-containing buffer. [Xu
et al., BMC Microbiol. 2009 Feb 20;9(1)] |
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