EFFECTS OF SPOO MUTATIONS ON SPOOA PROMOTER SWITCHING AT THE INITIATION OF SPORULATION IN BACILLUS-SUBTILIS

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作者
CHIBAZAKURA, T [1 ]
KAWAMURA, F [1 ]
ASAI, K [1 ]
TAKAHASHI, H [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TOKYO,INST MOLEC & CELLULAR BIOSCI,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
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10.1128/jb.177.15.4520-4523.1995
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Transcriptional analyses of the Bacillus subtilis sporulation initiator gene spo0A revealed that promoter switching from the vegetative (Pv) to the sporulation-specific (Ps) promoter did not occur in the spo0A, spo0B, spo0E, spo0F, and spo0H mutants. The sof-1 mutation in spo0A restored the promoter switching in the spo0F mutant. These results strongly suggest that Spo0A plays a central role in the regulation of its own promoter switching.
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页码:4520 / 4523
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