Identification of the merR gene of R100 by using mer-lac gene and operon fusions
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Foster, T.J., Brown, N.L., Identification of the merR gene of R100 by using mer-lac gene and operon fusions, Journal of Bacteriology, 1985, 163, 3, 1153 - 1157Download Item:
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Transcriptional (operon) and translational (gene) fusions between the R100 merR gene and lacZ were constructed in vitro in a pBR322 plasmid carrying the mer genes derived from plasmid R100. The translational fusions were oriented in the opposite direction to and divergently from the merTCAD genes. This shows that the reading frame previously thought to be merR was incorrect. Expression of the gene fusion was repressed in trans by a compatible plasmid carrying the R100 merR+ gene, as was a similarly oriented transcriptional fusion. In contrast, expression of beta-galactosidase by the lac fragment located at the same site but in the opposite orientation was at a lower level and was not repressed by merR+.
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