Doc-mediated cell killing in Shigella flexneri using a C1/LacI controlled expression system.

Abstract:

:In this report we describe the development of a highly stringent and dually regulated promoter system for Shigella flexneri. Dual regulation was provided by utilizing a promoter susceptible to control by the bacteriophage P1 temperature-sensitive C1 repressor that in turn was under the transcriptional control of LacI. The level of induction/repression ratios observed was up to 3700-fold in S. flexneri. The general utility of this promoter system was evaluated by demonstrating that the bacteriophage P1 post-segregational killer protein Doc mediates a bactericidal effect in S. flexneri. This represents the first report of Doc (death on curing)-mediated killing in this Gram-negative species.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Schofield DA,Westwater C,Dolan JW,Norris JS,Schmidt MG

doi

10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11396.x

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-10-08 00:00:00

pages

237-42

issue

2

eissn

0378-1097

issn

1574-6968

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S0378109702009576

journal_volume

215

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