CATABOLITE REPRESSION IN THE GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA - GENERATION OF NEGATIVE REGULATORS OF TRANSCRIPTION

被引:23
作者
STEWART, GC
机构
[1] Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
关键词
TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; OPERONS; BACTERIA;
D O I
10.1002/jcb.240510106
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Operons subject to catabolite repression (CR) in the gram-positive bacteria appear to be transcriptionally regulated by negative acting catabolite repressors. Cis elements within the promoter regions of a few CR operons have been identified as the target sequences for these repressors. It has also been proposed that sequences internal to the transcriptional unit may represent targets for recognition of the operons as catabolite repressible. The precise mechanism(s) of regulation have yet to be worked out.
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