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. 2006 Jan;188(2):599–608. doi: 10.1128/JB.188.2.599-608.2006

TABLE 5.

Transcriptional regulation of fadE-lacZ fusions by expression of plasmid-encoded FadR in fadR strains of E. coli and S. enterica

Strain Plasmid present Plasmid-encoded FadR β-Galactosidase activitya
RB RB-C18:1
E. coli SI199 (MC1061 fadR fadE-lacZ) None None 1121 ± 115 1109 ± 96
pACYC177 None 1057 ± 94 1083 ± 87
pSH11 E. coli 58 ± 13 371 ± 52
pSH12 S. enterica 53 ± 11 141 ± 17
S. enterica SI226 (LT2 fadR fadE-lacZ) None None 1095 ± 97 1066 ± 104
pACYC177 None 1081 ± 105 1057 ± 89
pSH11 E. coli 64 ± 10 701 ± 68
pSH12 S. enterica 60 ± 12 382 ± 47
a

β-Galactosidase activities are expressed as the amount of o-nitrophenol produced per min per mg of protein and are the averages of three separate experiments, each assayed in duplicate. RB-oleate is RB medium supplemented with 5 mM oleate (C18:1).