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A Neurospora gene bank in plasmid pRK9 was used to complement pyrimidine auxotrophs in E. coli. Two plasmids were obtained that complement a pyrF mutant of E. coli. These plasmids hybridise to Neurospora DNA and transform a pyr-4 strain of Neurospora. The promoter used in expressing the orotidine 5′-monophosphate carboxylase in E. coli is within the Neurospora sequence.
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Communicated by Ch. Auerbach
Supported by SERC Grant No. GR/B7852.6
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Buxton, F.P., Radford, A. Cloning of the structural gene for orotidine 5′-phosphate carboxylase of Neurospora crassa by expression in Escherichia coli . Mol Gen Genet 190, 403–405 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331067
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331067