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Intracellular location of plasmid NR1 (M = 58 Mg/mol, stringent control of replication, 1–2 copies perEscherichia coli chromosomal equivalent) was studied and compared with that of plasmid R6KΔ1 (M = 21 Mg/mol, relaxed control of replication, 10–15 copies perE. coli chromosomal equivalent), both inE. coli minicells. Considerable difference in relative distribution of molecules of these two plasmid DNA’s between the cytoplasm and the membrane fraction was found when components of the corresponding minicell lyzates were fractionated by sedimentation in a double-linear gradient of caesium chlorid and sucrose. Also the difference in relative numbers of NR1 DNA and R6KΔ1 DNA molecules stably associated with the membrane of minicells, determined by electron-microscopic examination of the fractions containing plasmid DNA-membrane complexes, was evaluated as statistically significant. The association of NR1 DNA molecules withE. coli minicell membrane was found to be a much more frequent event than such association of R6KΔ1 molecules. The absolute amount of plasmid DNA associated with membrane in a single minicell corresponds to one molecule for both NR1 and R6KAΔ1.
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Hochmannová, J., Nešvera, J., Štokrová, J. et al. Intracellular location of NRl-plasmid DNA inEscherichia coli minicells. Folia Microbiol 26, 270–276 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02927250
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