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Published on: September 1, 2018
Controlled expression in Klebsiella pneumoniae and Shigella flexneri using a bacteriophage P1-derived C1-regulated
D A Schofield1, C Westwater, J W Dolan
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Ave., Charleston, SC 29403, USA. schofida@musc.edu
Abstract:
The utility of promoters regulated by the bacteriophage P1 temperature-sensitive C1 repressor was examined in Shigella flexneri and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Promoters carrying C1 operator sites driving LacZ expression had induction/repression ratios of up to 240-fold in S. flexneri and up to 50-fold in K. pneumoniae. The promoters exhibited remarkably low basal expression, demonstrated modulation by temperature, and showed rapid induction. This system will provide a new opportunity for controlled gene expression in enteric gram-negative bacteria.
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