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Cloning and characterisation of a novel ompB operon from Vibrio cholerae 569B
1Department of Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
|February 19, 1999
Abstract:
The ompB operon of Vibrio cholerae 569B has been cloned and fully sequenced. The operon encodes two proteins, OmpR and EnvZ, which share sequence identity with the OmpR and EnvZ proteins of a variety of other bacteria. Although the order of the ompR and envZ genes of V. cholerae is similar to that of the ompB operon of E. coli, S. typhimurium and X. nematophilus, the Vibrio operon exhibits a number of novel features. The structural organisation and features of the V. cholerae ompB operon are described.