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Published on: October 31, 2013
概括
细菌细菌的分泌涉及一个由特定的西格玛因子 (西格玛37和西格玛29) 调节的发育基因 (0.4 kb基因). 研究人员确定了对这种发育控制至关重要的双重转录起点和促进元件.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 微生物遗传学 微生物遗传学
- 细菌的发展 细菌的发展
背景情况:
- 细菌细菌经历分泌,一个复杂的发育过程.
- 特定的调节基因 (spo0 loci) 控制着分泌的开始.
- 运动期间的基因转录在发育过程中受到调节.
研究的目的:
- 确定发育控制的B. subtilis基因 (0.4 kb基因) 的促进子的核酸序列.
- 研究RNA聚合酶西格玛因子在调节该基因转录中的作用.
- 阐明促进者结构及其对发展规范的影响.
主要方法:
- 促进器区域的核酸序列.促进器区域的核酸序列.
- 在体外转录测试使用纯化的RNA聚合酶和西格玛因子.
- S1核酶映射,流水转录和二核酸原始化以确定转录开始地点.
- 在促进体区域内构建和分析体外缺失突变.
主要成果:
- 0.4 kb的基因促进物被Sigma 37和Sigma 29识别,但不是Sigma 55.
- 确定了双重转录起点,大约相隔10bp,用于西格玛37定向转录.
- 删除分析显示,一个AT丰富的区域对于下游转录启动至关重要,一个上游启动地点.
结论:
- 0.4kb基因的促进子结构,其双启动点和特定的AT丰富元素,对于B. subtilis的发育调节转录至关重要.
- 含有sigma 37的不同形式的RNA聚合酶对转录起始点表现出不同的偏好.
- 这些发现提供了关于细菌发育和分泌过程中基因表达的机制的见解.
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