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K Schnetz 《The EMBO journal》1995,14(11):2545-2550
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Differential spectrum of mutations that activate the Escherichia coli bgl operon in an rpoS genetic background
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The bgl promoter is silent in wild-type Escherichia coli under standard laboratory conditions, and as a result, cells exhibit a beta-glucoside-negative (Bgl-) phenotype. Silencing is brought about by negative elements that flank the promoter and include DNA structural elements and sequences that interact with the nucleoid-associated protein H-NS. Mutations that confer a Bgl+ phenotype arise spontaneously at a detectable frequency. Transposition of DNA insertion elements within the regulatory locus, bglR, constitutes the major class of activating mutations identified in laboratory cultures. The rpoS-encoded sigmaS, the stationary-phase sigma factor, is involved in both physiological as well as genetic changes that occur in the cell under stationary-state conditions. In an attempt to see if the rpoS status of the cell influences the nature of the mutations that activate the bgl promoter, we analyzed spontaneously arising Bgl+ mutants in rpoS+ and rpoS genetic backgrounds. We show that the spectrum of activating mutations in rpoS cells is different from that in rpoS+ cells. Unlike rpoS+ cells, where insertions in bglR are the predominant activating mutations, mutations in hns make up the majority in rpoS cells. The physiological significance of these differences is discussed in the context of survival of natural populations of E. coli. 相似文献
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Conserved sequences near the early transcription start sites of vaccinia virus. 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
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A Vassef 《Nucleic acids research》1987,15(4):1427-1443
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In growing Escherichia coli K12 cells, the cryptic bgl operon is activated
98% of the time by insertions of IS1 or IS5 into the control region,
designated bglR. The activated bgl operon permits utilization of the
beta-glucoside sugar arbutin as a sole carbon and energy source. The bgl
operon is also activated by late-occurring mutations during prolonged
selection on arbutin. The late-occurring mutations that occurred during
prolonged carbon starvation in the presence of arbutin were "adaptive
mutations" because they were specific to the presence of arbutin, and they
did not occur during prolonged starvation in the absence of arbutin. The
spectrum of late-arising mutations differed from that of early-arising,
growth-dependent mutations in that 20% of the late-arising mutants resulted
from mutations at the hns locus. This provides the first direct evidence
for adaptive mutagenesis mediated by the insertion of IS elements. Because
no special genetic background is required to select Bgl+ mutants, this
affords the opportunity to study IS-element-mediated adaptive mutagenesis
in a variety of genetic backgrounds, including the backgrounds of natural
isolates of E. coli.
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