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MATERIALS AND METHODS ligating them in the presence of different amount of ethidium bromide. Initially the plasmid was nicked using 20 units of Nt.BstNBI, for every 20μg of DNA in a reaction volume of 50μl according to manufacturers specification The nicked plasmids (2.5μg for each reaction) were then ligated using T4 DNA ligase in the presence of different amount of ethidium bromide (concentrations ranging from 800μg/ml to 2.5μg/ml were used) in an overnight reaction. The reaction products were then extracted twice with phenol: chloroform mixture, the DNA precipitated, pelleted and re-dissolved in 10μl of TE pH 8.0. The σ values of the generated topoisomers were quantified by band counting method [Keller et al., 1975]. Briefly, mid-point of a completely relaxed plasmid (nicked and ligated without ethidium bromide) population was taken as a σ value of zero. Then by determining the mid-point of other plasmid topoisomers (ladder) and comparing it with the relaxed gives the linking number difference (∆Lk). From this the σ is calculated using the formula σ = ∆Lk / ∆Lk o , where ∆Lk o for pUC18 = 2686 bp / (10.4 bp / turn) = 258. The σ values of the plasmids from different growth phase and LZ strains were determined by comparing with the ladder. 2.2.16 In vitro transcription In vitro transcription was performed from supercoiled plasmids with distinct σ (ptyrT & ptyrTD) and linearized (∆61tyrT) plasmids. Linearized plasmids were obtained by cutting the plasmid with 10 units of BamHI for every microgram of DNA for 1 hr. The different topoisomer of ptyrT & ptyrTD were obtained by incubating 20μg of supercoiled plasmid with 25 units Vaccinia topoisomerase I in the presence of different ethidium bromide concentrations in topoisomerase buffer (10mM Tris (pH 8.0), 100mM NaCl, 20mM EDTA) for two hours at 37 o C. After obtaining the template, in vitro transcription was performed as described before [Lazarus & Travers, 1993] with 1μg of plasmid DNA, 1μl of 1 unit/μl RNAP (Bohreinger), 44nM FIS when indicated and 2.0mM NTP mix in a 50μl reaction volume. After the reaction, the RNA synthesized was extracted with phenol: chloroform and precipitated as described above. The pellet is dissolved in 10 or 20 μl of nuclease 31
MATERIALS AND METHODS free water (Ambion) for subsequent use in the primer extension reaction (10 μl for each primer). 2.2.17 Primer extension The mRNA from in vitro transcription of ∆61 tyrT constructs and from tyrT with different supercoiling was divided into two 10 μl parts to be used for primer extension with Ex103 (for tyrT transcript) and bla primers. Primer extension from total RNA from LZ strains transformed with different tyrT plasmids was performed with Ex103 and a collective primer for chromosomal rrn operon’s P1 promoter, G11, as described by Nasser et al.,[Nasser et al., 2001]. The primers (200 pmol) to be extended were radioactively labeled using 50 μci of P32 γ-ATP (Amersham Biosciences now a part of GE Healthcare) and T4 polynucleotide kinase (PNK) (Invitrogen) in a reaction volume of 20μl and the labeled primer purified using G25 spin columns (GE healthcare, formerly Amersham Biosciences). Primer extension reaction was performed from 3 μg of total RNA or mRNA from in vitro transcription both in a volume of 10 μl, 2 mM final concentration of dNTP mix, 2 pmol of labeled primer, 2 μl of 0.1M DTT, 4 μl of 5X reverse transcriptase buffer and 1 μl of LMV-reverse transcriptase. The primer extension products were separated on a 6% polyacrylamide gel and visualized by phosphorimaging (FUJI film FLA-3000 phosphorimager). 2.2.18 Potassium permanganate footprinting The components of the footprinting reaction are the same as the in vitro transcription reaction. The footprinting was carried out as described earlier [Nasser et al., 2001]. The addition of potassium permanganate (KMnO4), which oxidize preferentially the thymine nucleotide (cytosine can also be oxidized) of an open double helix, gives a 32
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Page 9 and 10: TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.2.5 Preparation
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Page 15 and 16: ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations ∆61
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Page 19 and 20: INTRODUCTION Salmonella: “In more
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Page 75 and 76: DISCUSSION 4 Discussion The idea of
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APPENDIX I gene blattner ratio p-va
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