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. 1988 Jul;170(7):3281–3282. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.7.3281-3282.1988

Regulation of the Escherichia coli secA gene by protein secretion defects: analysis of secA, secB, secD, and secY mutants.

E E Rollo 1, D B Oliver 1
PMCID: PMC211282  PMID: 2838466

Abstract

SecA protein synthesis levels were elevated 10- to 20-fold when protein secretion was blocked in secA, secD, and secY mutants or in a malE-lacZ fusion-containing strain but not in a secB null mutant. An active secB gene product was not required to derepress secA, since SecA levels were elevated during protein export blocks in secB secY and secB malE-lacZ double mutants.

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