RRC ID 3766
著者 Shimoda Y, Mitsui H, Kamimatsuse H, Minamisawa K, Nishiyama E, Ohtsubo Y, Nagata Y, Tsuda M, Shinpo S, Watanabe A, Kohara M, Yamada M, Nakamura Y, Tabata S, Sato S.
タイトル Construction of signature-tagged mutant library in Mesorhizobium loti as a powerful tool for functional genomics.
ジャーナル DNA Res
Abstract Rhizobia are nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria that establish endosymbiosis with some leguminous plants. The completion of several rhizobial genome sequences provides opportunities for genome-wide functional studies of the physiological roles of many rhizobial genes. In order to carry out genome-wide phenotypic screenings, we have constructed a large mutant library of the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium, Mesorhizobium loti, by transposon mutagenesis. Transposon insertion mutants were generated using the signature-tagged mutagenesis (STM) technique and a total of 29,330 independent mutants were obtained. Along with the collection of transposon mutants, we have determined the transposon insertion sites for 7892 clones, and confirmed insertions in 3680 non-redundant M. loti genes (50.5% of the total number of M. loti genes). Transposon insertions were randomly distributed throughout the M. loti genome without any bias toward G+C contents of insertion target sites and transposon plasmids used for the mutagenesis. We also show the utility of STM mutants by examining the specificity of signature tags and test screenings for growth- and nodulation-deficient mutants. This defined mutant library allows for genome-wide forward- and reverse-genetic functional studies of M. loti and will serve as an invaluable resource for researchers to further our understanding of rhizobial biology.
巻・号 15(5)
ページ 297-308
公開日 2008-10-1
DOI 10.1093/dnares/dsn017
PII dsn017
PMID 18658183
PMC PMC2575893
MeSH Alphaproteobacteria / genetics* DNA Transposable Elements Gene Library Genome, Bacterial Genomics Mutagenesis, Insertional Plasmids / genetics Rhizobiaceae / genetics
IF 4.009
引用数 27
WOS 分野 GENETICS & HEREDITY
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