USE OF XYLE FUSIONS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT LSI-1, A NEISSERIA-GONORRHOEAE LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE BIOSYNTHETIC GENE, AND LSI-3 ARE NOT TRANSCRIPTIONALLY LINKED

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作者
DANAHER, RJ [1 ]
PETRICOIN, EF [1 ]
STEIN, DC [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MARYLAND,DEPT MICROBIOL,COLL PK,MD 20742
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10.1128/jb.176.11.3428-3432.1994
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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The Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipooligosaccharide biosynthetic gene lsi-1 is preceded by a 281-bp non-protein-encoding sequence, lsi-3, that contains two pairs of inverted repeats. Gonococcal chromosomal lsi-xylE gene fusions were generated to measure the effect of the secondary structure on transcriptional attenuation. The data obtained indicate that lsi-3 and lsi-1 are not transcriptionally linked and therefore that lsi-3 is not involved in the regulation of lsi-1.
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