“…Restriction endonucleases and other enzymes were from Boehringer Mannheim Biochemicals, Bethesda Research Laboratories, Inc., Pharmacia, or New England BioLabs, Inc. Restriction endonuclease analysis and agarose gel electrophoresis of plasmid DNA were as described previously (2,7,17,25). DNA fragments were purified from low-melting-temperature agarose gels (SeaPlaque) by phenol extraction (17).…”