FIG. 1.

Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences for the varS locus. varS spans nucleotides 285 to 1838. The deduced amino acids are shown below the nucleotides as one-letter notations. The putative ribosome-binding site and the −35 and −10 sequences are underlined and marked as SD, −35, and −10, respectively. The transcriptional start site is boxed and marked as +1. Inverted repeat sequences in the varS 3′ region are indicated by arrows. The oligonucleotide used for primer extension analysis is indicated by a broken arrow. The 14 TMS of VarS are indicated by shading.