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. 2014 Oct 31;9(10):e111491. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111491

Figure 3. Promoter elements of the bla KPC-15 and bla TEM genes in 8.997 kb-length nucleotide sequence.

Figure 3

The sequence provided the upstream and downstream regions of bla KPC-15 structural genes. The tnpA gene, which was upstream of the bla KPC-15 (3,020 bp) gene, was homologous to a putative ISKpn8 transposon, and the downstream region of the bla KPC-15 gene (1,320 bp) was homologous to a putative ISKpn6-like transposon. The nucleotides upstream of the bla KPC-15 and bla TEM-12 gene translational start codons were shown in the box. The putative −10 promoter elements of the bla KPC-15 gene were shown as gattaa, labeled as −10 below, and there were no obvious −35 promoter elements to be discovered in the promoter region. The putative −10 and −35 promoter elements of the bla TEM-12 gene were shown as tataac and ttattg, labeled as −10 and −35 below the promoter region. The start sites of transcription were indicated as G by +1 residue. RBS was the abbreviation of the ribosome binding site.