Abstract:
:We previously showed that dprA is required for efficient processing of linear DNA during cellular transformation in Haemophilus influenzae. In this study the transcriptional regulation of dprA and two downstream genes, dprB and dprC, is examined. We demonstrate by Northern blot analysis that the dprABC genes are transcriptionally coregulated and competence inducible. We used primer extension analysis to map the transcriptional start site of dprA and of rec-2, another transformation gene involved in DNA processing. Based upon these results, we were able to identify a 26-bp dyad symmetry element immediately upstream of the -35 regions of the predicted promoters of dprA, rec-2, and two other transformation genes, comA and pilA. Finally, using transcriptional fusions of dprA to the Escherichia coli lacZ gene, we show that expression of dprA::lacZ requires tfoX and that the presence of multiple copies of tfoX abolishes the temporal regulation of dprA, resulting in its constitutive expression.
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J Bacterioljournal_title
Journal of bacteriologyauthors
Karudapuram S,Barcak GJdoi
10.1128/jb.179.15.4815-4820.1997subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-08-01 00:00:00pages
4815-20issue
15eissn
0021-9193issn
1098-5530journal_volume
179pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.136.1.414-418.1978
更新日期:1978-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.179.11.3555-3560.1997
更新日期:1997-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.121.2.416-421.1975
更新日期:1975-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.187.11.3762-3778.2005
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.182.1.38-44.2000
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.143.1.231-237.1980
更新日期:1980-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Bacteria often encounter environments where nutrient availability is limited, and they must adapt accordingly. To identify Pasteurella multocida genes that are differentially expressed during nutrient limitation, we utilized whole-genome microarrays to compare levels of gene expression during growth in rich and minima...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.89.4.1145-1150.1965
更新日期:1965-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.177.11.2971-2976.1995
更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.182.14.3934-3941.2000
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::A polA12 recA718 double mutant of Escherichia coli, in which DNA polymerase I is temperature sensitive, was unable to maintain normal DNA synthesis or to form colonies on rich media at 42 degrees C. Overproduction of DnaE protein, the polymerizing alpha subunit of DNA polymerase III, restored bacterial DNA replication...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.174.12.4166-4168.1992
更新日期:1992-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.01069-13
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.170.6.2433-2440.1988
更新日期:1988-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.167.1.66-72.1986
更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.183.3.835-842.2001
更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The catalase gene, katA, of the sepiolid squid symbiont Vibrio fischeri has been cloned and sequenced. The predicted amino acid sequence of KatA has a high degree of similarity to the recently defined group III catalases, including those found in Haemophilus influenzae, Bacteroides fragilis, and Proteus mirabilis. Ups...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.180.8.2087-2092.1998
更新日期:1998-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.00288-12
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Myxococcus xanthus dsp and dif mutants have similar phenotypes in that they are deficient in social motility and fruiting body development. We compared the two loci by genetic mapping, complementation with a cosmid clone, DNA sequencing, and gene disruption and found that 16 of the 18 dsp alleles map to the dif genes....
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.180.12.3245-3249.1998
更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.175.10.2888-2894.1993
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 is a commercially available strain that is widely used in probiotic preparations. The genome sequence consisted of 2,129,425 bases. Comparative analysis showed that it was unique among L. helveticus strains in that it contained genes encoding mucus-binding proteins similar to those found...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena (Nostoc) sp. strain PCC 7120 produces specialized cells for nitrogen fixation called heterocysts. Previous work showed that the group 2 sigma factor sigE (alr4249; previously called sigF) is upregulated in differentiating heterocysts 16 h after nitrogen step-down. We now show th...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.01472-10
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Transport systems for K+ in Escherichia coli are not detectable in membrane vesicles, but vesicles will take up K+ (and Rb+) in the presence of valinomycin. It is generally believed that valinomycin acts as a lipid-soluble cation carrier and that it does not interact with or activate cation transport systems. This vie...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.166.1.334-337.1986
更新日期:1986-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Anaerobic microbial toluene catabolism is initiated by addition of fumarate to the methyl group of toluene, yielding (R)-benzylsuccinate as first intermediate, which is further metabolized via beta-oxidation to benzoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) and succinyl-CoA. A specific succinyl-CoA:(R)-benzylsuccinate CoA-transferase activ...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.183.14.4288-4295.2001
更新日期:2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mycoplasma pneumoniae exhibits a novel form of gliding motility that is mediated by the terminal organelle, a differentiated polar structure. Given that genes known to be involved in gliding in other organisms are absent in M. pneumoniae, random transposon mutagenesis was employed to generate mutants with gliding-defi...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.02277-12
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Daniel, John W. (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Karlee L. Babcock, Alice H. Sievert, and Harold P. Rusch. Organic requirements and synthetic media for growth of the myxomycete Physarum polycephalum. J. Bacteriol. 86:324-331. 1963.-An isolate of Physarum polycephalum was maintained in submersed pure culture in a co...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.86.2.324-331.1963
更新日期:1963-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Das, S. K. (University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India) and G. C. Chatterjee. Pyrithiamine adaptation of Staphylococcus aureus. I. Adaptation and carbohydrate utilization. J. Bacteriol. 83:1251-1259. 1962.-Staphylococcus aureus has been adapted to pyrithiamine, a thiamine analogue; as a result of this adaptation, the col...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.83.6.1251-1259.1962
更新日期:1962-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Balish, Edward (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill.), and George Svihla. Ultraviolet microscopy of Candida albicans. J. Bacteriol. 92:1812-1820. 1966.-Yeast and mycelial strains of Candida albicans were grown in medium supplemented with sulfur amino acids in an effort to determine factors that control the morph...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.92.6.1812-1820.1966
更新日期:1966-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Escherichia coli cells are shown to be attracted to the l-amino acids alanine, asparagine, aspartate, cysteine, glutamate, glycine, methionine, serine, and threonine, but not to arginine, cystine, glutamine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, tyrosine, or valine. Bacteria grown in a pro...
journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.112.1.315-326.1972
更新日期:1972-10-01 00:00:00