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. 1983 Sep;155(3):1459–1462. doi: 10.1128/jb.155.3.1459-1462.1983

Expression of a Bacillus megaterium sporulation-specific gene during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis.

S Goldrick, P Setlow
PMCID: PMC217851  PMID: 6411694

Abstract

The gene for the Bacillus megaterium spore C protein, a sporulation-specific gene, has been transferred into Bacillus subtilis. The B. megaterium gene was expressed little, if at all, during log-phase and early-stationary-phase growth, but was expressed during sporulation with the same kinetics as and at a level similar to that of the analogous B. subtilis genes. This finding is most consistent with the regulation of this class of genes by a mechanism of positive control.

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