Rapid conjugative mobilization of a 100 kb segment of Bacillus subtilis chromosomal DNA is mediated by a helper plasmid with no ability for self-transfer.
Megumi MiyanoKosei TanakaShu IshikawaShinji TakenakaAndrés Miguel-ArribasWilfried J J MeijerKen-Ichi YoshidaPublished in: Microbial cell factories (2018)
The chromosomal DNA mobilization mediated by pLS20catΔoriT will allow us to develop a novel genetic tool for the rapid, easy, and repetitive mobilization of longer DNA segments into a recipient chromosome.