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Mutational analysis of the regulatory region of the srfA operon in Bacillus subtilis.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 175 ·No. 10 ·1993-05-00 ·Pages 3188-91

Nakano MM, Zuber P

Abstract

Transcription of the Bacillus subtilis srfA operon is dependent on the transcriptional activator ComA. Mutational analysis of the srfA regulatory region suggests that two regions of dyad symmetry upstream of the srfA promoter may function in transcriptional activation by facilitating a cooperative interaction between ComA dimers.

MeSH Terms
Bacillus subtilis/genetics Bacterial Proteins/genetics Base Sequence DNA Mutational Analysis Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial Models, Genetic Molecular Sequence Data Operon/genetics Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics Transcription, Genetic
Chemicals
Bacterial Proteins
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Nakano M M
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 77130.
Zuber P
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.175.10.3188-3191.1993
Published
1993-05-00
Pages
3188-91
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC204642
Subset
IM
Grants
NIGMS NIH HHS · GM39479 · United States
NIGMS NIH HHS · GM45898 · United States
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.10.3188-3191.1993 PMC Full Text View journal details
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