Toxic effects of high levels of ppGpp in Escherichia coli are relieved by rpoB mutations.

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A controversy has surrounded the questions of whether or not guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) is a specific inhibitor of bacterial rRNA and tRNA synthesis, especially during normal exponential growth, and whether the RNA polymerase is the target of ppGpp action. To answer these questions, a pBR322-derived plasmid, pKT28, was constructed that carries the Escherichia coli relA gene encoding a ppGpp synthetase under...

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