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. 1987 Jul;61(7):2297–2303. doi: 10.1128/jvi.61.7.2297-2303.1987

Localization of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase-binding sites on bacteriophage S13 replicative form I DNA by protection of restriction enzyme cleavage sites.

M Ringuette, J H Spencer
PMCID: PMC283695  PMID: 3035227

Abstract

Protection of restriction endonuclease cleavage sites by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase bound to the replicative form I of bacteriophage S13 DNA has been used to identify a number of regions of RNA polymerase binding. Digestion with HincII, AluI, HinfI, or HaeIII, under conditions optimized for "open" complex formation, revealed 12 regions of RNA polymerase binding. Based on differential salt sensitivities, five of the regions were classified as strong or tight binding sites. These were located before genes A (two sites), B, and D and at the 5' end of gene F. The seven regions which exhibited weaker binding were located at the 5' end of gene C (two sites), in the middle of gene D, just before and at the 3' end of gene F, at the 5' end of gene G, and in the middle of gene H. The sites before genes B and D coincide with sites previously identified as promoters in bacteriophage phi X174. One of the sites before gene A, that at nucleotides 5175-5211, represents a new putative promoter site in bacteriophage S13 and phi X174 located before the previously identified A gene promoter at nucleotides 10-45.

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