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A YCp type promoter-probe vector, pVC701, replicable inSaccharomyces cerevisiae andEscherichia coli hosts was constructed. pVC701 has a DNA fragment bearing thePHO5 gene encoding repressible acid phosphatase (rA-Pase; EC 3.1.3.2.) without its promoter region. The clonedPHO5 gene can be expressed by insertion of a DNA fragment having promoter function at theEcoRI site on the 5′-flanking region ofPHO5. rAPase activity caused by thePHO5 expression is easily detected by staining the transformant colonies with diazo-coupling reagent. These were confirmed by insertion of aHIS5 DNA fragment ofS. cerevisiae having promoter function at theEcoRI cloning site in conditions of histidine starvation. Numerous DNA fragments exhibiting promoter function were isolated by employing pVC701. Most of them expressed thePHO5 gene constitutively, while one of them conferred galactose-inducible and glucose-repressible expression.
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Hwang, YI., Harashima, S. & Oshima, Y. Construction of a promoter-probe vector with thePHO5 gene encoding repressible acid phosphatase inSaccharomyces cerevisiae . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 28, 155–159 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00694304
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