Amplified expression of a transcriptional pattern formed during development of Anabaena.

Abstract:

:The cyanobacterium Anabaena responds to nitrogen deprivation by producing heterocysts, cells specialized for nitrogen fixation, at well-spaced intervals along its filaments. The gene hepA, required for heterocyst maturation, is expressed in response to nitrogen deprivation, prior to visible differentiation. A spatial pattern of hepA expression indistinguishable from the eventual pattern of heterocysts was made visible by fusing the hepA promoter to luxAB, which encodes bacterial luciferase. Because the resulting signal did not greatly exceed instrumental background, T7 RNA polymerase was used to increase luminescence. The hepA promoter was fused to the gene for that polymerase, and a promoter recognized by that polymerase was fused to luxAB. Filaments containing these two fusions showed spaced luminescing cells many hours before differentiation became discernible morphologically.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Wolk CP,Elhai J,Kuritz T,Holland D

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb01135.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-02-01 00:00:00

pages

441-5

issue

3

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

journal_volume

7

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