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Keio collection strains were obtained from the National BioResource Project (NIG, Japan): E. coli. We thank Dirk Linke (Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo) for his continuing support. This work was funded by the Research Council of Norway Young Researcher grant 249793 (to Jack C. Leo).

1. Strains and Plasmids
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	<li>Bacterial strains
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		<li>Use the E. coli strains BW251135, JW4179 (BW25113 tamA::kan)7, BL21(DE3)20, and BL21&#916;ABCF21. See Table of Materials for further information.</li>
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	<li>Bacteriophages
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		<li>Use the phage P1vir for the general transduction. Store the phage as a liquid stock with ...

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P1 transduction is a fast, robust, and reliable method for generating gene deletions in E. coli. This is demonstrated here by transducing a tamA deletion mutant from a Keio donor strain to a BL21-derived recipient. The major stages in the transduction process are the production of the transducing lysate, the transduction itself, the excision of the Kan resistance cassette, and the verification of the knock-out by PCR. In total, the process takes approximately 1 week and requires no molecular biology met...

A common first approach to study the function of a gene is to perform knock-out mutagenesis and observe the resulting phenotype. This is also termed reverse genetics. The bacterium E. coli has been the workhorse of molecular biology for the last 70 years or so, due to the ease of its culturing and its amenability to genetic manipulation1. Several methods have been developed to produce gene deletions in E. coli, including marker exchange mutagenesis2,3 and, more recently, recombineering using the &#955; Red or Rac ET systems4,5,6.
In a widely used system, coding sequences of individual genes are replaced by an antibiotic resistance cassette that can later be excised from the chromosome5,7. The coding sequences are replaced, for instance by a kanamycin (Kan) resistance cassette, which is flanked by flippase (FLP) recognition target (FRT) sites on either side. The FRT sites are recognized by the recombinase FLP, which mediates site-specific recombination between the FRT sites leading to the deletion of the Kan cassette. In this way, a full deletion of a given gene&#39;s coding sequence can be achieved, leaving behind only a minimal scar sequence of approximately 100 base pairs (bp) (Figure 1).
Just over a decade ago, the so-called Keio collection was developed. This is a bacterial library based on a standard laboratory E. coli K12 strain, where almost all non-essential genes were individually deleted by &#955; Red recombination7,8. The clones within this collection each have one coding sequence replaced with an excisable Kan resistance cassette. The Keio collection has proven to be a useful tool for many applications9. One such application is the production of deletion mutants in other E. coli strains. The Kan cassette from a given deletion clone can be mobilized by generally transducing bacteriophages, such as P110,11,12,13,14. A phage stock prepared from such a strain can then be used to infect a recipient E. coli strain of interest, where at a low but reliable frequency the Kan cassette-containing region can be incorporated into the recipient genome by homologous recombination (Figure 2). Transductants can be selected for the growth on the Kan-containing medium. Following this, if removal of the antibiotic resistance cassette is desired, the FLP recombinase can be supplied to the transductant strain in trans. After curing the FLP-containing plasmid, which carries an ampicillin (Amp) resistance marker, Kan and Amp-sensitive clones are screened for, and the correct excision of the wild-type coding sequence and the Kan cassette are verified by&#160;colony PCR.
Here, a detailed protocol is presented, describing each of the steps in producing a knock-out E. coli strain based on the strategy outlined above. As an example, a deletion of the tamA gene is demonstrated. tamA encodes an outer membrane &#946;-barrel protein that is a part of the Transport and Assembly Module (TAM), which is involved in the biogenesis of certain autotransporter proteins and pili15,16,17. This knock-out strain was then used to examine the effect of the tamA deletion on the biogenesis of two trimeric autotransporter adhesins (TAAs), the Yersinia adhesin YadA and the E. coli immunoglobulin (Ig)-binding TAA EibD18,19.

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			<td>Strains</td>
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			<td>E. coli BW25113</td>
			<td>NIG</td>
			<td>ME6092</td>
			<td>Wild-type strain of Keio collection</td>
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			<td>E. coli BL21(DE3)</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>69450-3</td>
			<td>Expression strain</td>
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			<td>E. coli BL21DABCF</td>
			<td>Addgene</td>
			<td>102270</td>
			<td>Derived from BL21(DE3)</td>
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			<td>E. coli JW4179</td>
			<td>NIG</td>
			<td>JW4179-KC</td>
			<td>tamA deletion mutant</td>
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			<td>P1 vir</td>
			<td>NIG</td>
			<td>HR16</td>
			<td>Generally transducing bacteriophage</td>
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			<td>Plasmids</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>pCP20</td>
			<td>CGSC</td>
			<td>14177</td>
			<td>conditionally replicating plasmid with FLP</td>
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			<td>pASK-IBA2</td>
			<td>IBA GmbH</td>
			<td>2-1301-000</td>
			<td>expression vector</td>
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			<td>pEibD10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>for production of EibD; plasmid available on request</td>
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			<td>pET22b+</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>69744-3</td>
			<td>expression vector</td>
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			<td>pIBA2-YadA</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>for production of YadA; plasmid available on request</td>
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			<td>Chemicals</td>
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			<td>Acetic acid</td>
			<td>ThermoFisher</td>
			<td>33209</td>
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			<td>Agar</td>
			<td>BD Bacto</td>
			<td>214010</td>
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			<td>Agarose</td>
			<td>Lonza</td>
			<td>50004</td>
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			<td>Ampicillin</td>
			<td>Applichem</td>
			<td>A0839</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Anhydrotetracycline</td>
			<td>Abcam</td>
			<td>ab145350</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>anti-collagen type I antibody COL-1</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>C2456</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Bovine collagen type I</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>C9791</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Calcium chloride</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>102382</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Chloroform</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>102445</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Di-sodium hydrogen phosphate</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>28029</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DNA dye</td>
			<td>Thermo</td>
			<td>S33102</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DNA molecular size marker</td>
			<td>New England BioLabs</td>
			<td>N3232S</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>DNase I</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>DN25</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>dNTP mix</td>
			<td>New England Biolabs</td>
			<td>N0447</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>ECL HRP substrate</td>
			<td>Advansta</td>
			<td>K-12045</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>EDTA</td>
			<td>Applichem</td>
			<td>A2937</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Glycerol</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>24388</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>goat anti-mouse IgG-HRP</td>
			<td>Santa Cruz</td>
			<td>sc-2005</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>goat anti-rabbit IgG-HRP</td>
			<td>Agrisera</td>
			<td>AS10668</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>HEPES</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>30487</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Isopropyl thiogalactoside</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>43714</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Kanamycin</td>
			<td>Applichem</td>
			<td>A1493</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Lysozyme</td>
			<td>Applichem</td>
			<td>A4972</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Magnesium chloride</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>25108</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Manganese chloride</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>221279</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>N-lauroyl sarcosine</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>L9150</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Skim milk powder</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>70166</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sodium chloride</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>27808</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>tamA forward primer</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Sequence 5&#39;-GAAAAAAGGATATTCAGGAGAAAATGTG-3&#39;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>tamA reverse primer</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Sequence 5&#39;-TCATAATTCTGGCCCCAGACC-3&#39;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Taq DNA polymerase</td>
			<td>New England Biolabs</td>
			<td>M0267</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tri-sodium citrate</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>106448</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tryptone</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>84610</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tween20</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>P1379</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Yeast extract</td>
			<td>Merck</td>
			<td>103753</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Equipment</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Agarose gel electrophoresis chamber</td>
			<td>Hoefer</td>
			<td>SUB13</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Bead beater</td>
			<td>Thermo</td>
			<td>FP120A-115</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>CCD camera</td>
			<td>Kodak</td>
			<td>4000R</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Electroporation cuvettes</td>
			<td>Bio-Rad</td>
			<td>165-2089</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Electroporation unit</td>
			<td>Bio-Rad</td>
			<td>1652100</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Gel imager</td>
			<td>Nippon Genetics</td>
			<td>GP-03LED</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Incubating shaker</td>
			<td>Infors HT</td>
			<td>Minitron</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Incubator</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>390-0482</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Microcentrifuge</td>
			<td>Eppendorf</td>
			<td>5415D</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Microwave oven</td>
			<td>Samsung</td>
			<td>CM1099A</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>PCR machine</td>
			<td>Biometra</td>
			<td>Tpersonal</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>PCR strips</td>
			<td>Axygen</td>
			<td>PCR-0208-CP-C</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>pH meter</td>
			<td>Hanna Instruments</td>
			<td>HI2211-01</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>PVDF membrane</td>
			<td>ThermoFisher</td>
			<td>88518</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>SDS-PAG electrophoresis chamber</td>
			<td>ThermoFisher</td>
			<td>A25977</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tabletop centrifuge</td>
			<td>Beckman Coulter</td>
			<td>B06322</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Vortex mixer</td>
			<td>Scientific Industries</td>
			<td>SI-0236</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Water bath</td>
			<td>GFL</td>
			<td>D3006</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Wet transfer unit</td>
			<td>Hoefer</td>
			<td>TE22</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

producing gene deletions in escherichia coli by p1 transduction with excisable antibiotic resistance cassettes

A first approach to study the function of an unknown gene in bacteria is to create a knock-out of this gene. Here, we describe a robust and fast protocol for transferring gene deletion mutations from one Escherichia coli strain to another by using generalized transduction with the bacteriophage P1. This method requires that the mutation be selectable (e.g., based on gene disruptions using antibiotic cassette insertions). Such antibiotic cassettes can be mobilized from a donor strain and introduced into a recipient strain of interest to quickly and easily generate a gene deletion mutant. The antibiotic cassette can be designed to include flippase recognition sites that allow the excision of the cassette by a site-specific recombinase to produce a clean knock-out with only a ~100-base-pair-long scar sequence in the genome. We demonstrate the protocol by knocking out the tamA gene encoding an assembly factor involved in autotransporter biogenesis and test the effect of this knock-out on the biogenesis and function of two trimeric autotransporter adhesins. Though gene deletion by P1 transduction has its limitations, the ease and speed of its implementation make it an attractive alternative to other methods of gene deletion.

Generation of a tamA Knock-out of BL21&#916;ABCF:
The strategy outlined above has previously been used to produce a derivative strain of BL21(DE3), a standard laboratory strain used for protein production, which is optimized for outer membrane protein production and called BL21&#916;ABCF21. This strain lacks four genes coding for abundant outer membrane proteins and, consequently, is able to produce...

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Producing Gene Deletions in Escherichia coli by P1 Transduction with Excisable Antibiotic Resistance Cassettes

Here we present a protocol for the use of pre-existing antibiotic resistance-cassette deletion constructs as a basis for making deletion mutants in other E. coli strains. Such deletion mutations can be mobilized and inserted into the corresponding locus of a recipient strain using P1 bacteriophage transduction.

Producing Gene Deletions in Escherichia coli by P1 Transduction with Excisable Antibiotic Resistance Cassettes

A first approach to study the function of an unknown gene in bacteria is to create a knock-out of this gene. Here, we describe a robust and fast protocol ...

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Determination of the Optimal Chromosomal Location(s) for a DNA Element in Escherichia coli Using a Novel Transposon-mediated Approach

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Generation of a Gene-disrupted Streptococcus mutans Strain Without Gene Cloning

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Measuring Gene Expression in Bombarded Barley Aleurone Layers with Increased Throughput

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Testing the Role of Multicopy Plasmids in the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance

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Candidate Gene Testing in Clinical Cohort Studies with Multiplexed Genotyping and Mass Spectrometry

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CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein-mediated Precise Gene Editing by Tube Electroporation

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Quantification of Plasmid-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance in an Experimental Evolution Approach

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