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. 1991 Mar;173(6):2011–2016. doi: 10.1128/jb.173.6.2011-2016.1991

Effect of promoter mutations and upstream deletions on the expression of genes coding for small, acid-soluble spore proteins of Bacillus subtilis.

P Fajardo-Cavazos 1, F Tovar-Rojo 1, P Setlow 1
PMCID: PMC207735  PMID: 1900507

Abstract

The sspB and sspE genes code for major small, acid-soluble proteins of Bacillus subtilis spores and are transcribed during sporulation by RNA polymerase containing sigma G. Analysis of the expression in vivo and the sigma G-dependent transcription in vitro of sspB and sspE genes carrying upstream deletions or point mutations in -10 and -35 promoter regions is consistent with sigma G being the only major transcriptional regulator of these genes. These data also provide information on the residues in -10 and -35 regions which are most important for sigma G recognition.

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