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Cosmids: a type of plasmid gene-cloning vector that is packageable in vitro in bacteriophage lambda heads.

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Collins, J, Hohn, B·1978·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Evidence is presented that ColE1 hybrid plasmids carrying the cohesive-end site (cos) of lambda can be used as gene cloning vectors in conjunction with the lambda in vitro packaging system of Hohn and Murray [(1977) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74, 3259--3263]. Due to the requirement for a large DNA molecule for efficient packaging, there is a direct selection for hybrids carrying large sections of foreign DNA. The small vector plasmids do not contribute a large background in the transduced population, which is therefore markedly enriched for large hybrid plasmids (over 90%). The efficiency of the in vitro packaging system is on the order of 10(5) hybrid clones per microgram of foreign DNA for hybrids in the 20--30 million dalton range.

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Authors
Collins, J., & Hohn, B.
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
1978-09
Volume
75
Issue
9
Pages
4242-4246
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
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356
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journal article
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Collins, J., & Hohn, B. (1978). Cosmids: a type of plasmid gene-cloning vector that is packageable in vitro in bacteriophage lambda heads. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.75.9.4242

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