Members of the pogo superfamily of DNA-mediated transposons in the human genome |
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Authors: | H. M. Robertson |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Bâtiment 409, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | Bacillus subtilis, likeEscherichia coli, possesses several sets of genes involved in the utilization of-glucosides. InE. coli, all these genes are cryptic, including the genes forming thebgl operon, thus leading to a Bgl– phenotype. We screened forB. subtilis chromosomal DNA fragments capable of reverting the Bgl+ phenotype associated with anE. coli hns mutant to the Bgl– wild-type phenotype. OneB. subtilis chromosomal fragment having this property was selected. It contained a putative Ribonucleic AntiTerminator binding site (RAT sequence) upstream from thebglP gene. Deletion studies as well as subcloning experiments allowed us to prove that the putativeB. subtilis bglP RAT sequence was responsible for the repression of theE. coli bgl operon. We propose that this repression results from the titration of the BglG antiterminator protein ofE. coli bgl operon by our putativeB. subtilis bglP RAT sequence. Thus, we report evidence for a new cross interaction between heterologous RAT-antiterminator protein pairs. |
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Keywords: | Bacillus subtilis /content/l43428g5j3761627/xxlarge946.gif" alt=" beta" align=" MIDDLE" BORDER=" 0" >-Glucoside Ribonucleic AntiTerminator (RAT) Antiterminator protein |
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