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Histidine operon deattenuation in dnaA mutants of Salmonella typhimurium correlates with a decrease in the gene
A B Blanc-Potard1, N Figueroa-Bossi, L Bossi
1Centre de Génétique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
Journal of Bacteriology
|April 28, 1999
Abstract:
Expression of the histidine operon of Salmonella typhimurium is increased in dnaA(Ts) mutants at 37 degrees C. This effect requires an intact his attenuator and can be suppressed by increasing the gene copy number of the hisR locus, which encodes the tRNA(His). We present data which suggest that the his deattenuation defect in dnaA(Ts) mutants results from the loss of a gene dosage gradient between the hisR locus, close to oriC, and the his operon, far from oriC. Some of the conclusions drawn here may apply to other operons as well.