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A dual-signal regulatory circuit activates transcription of a set of divergent operons in Salmonella typhimurium.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 30 Dec 2008
Zhao Guang, Weatherspoon Natasha, Kong Wei, Curtiss Roy, Shi Yixin
Abstract excerpt
We present a molecular mechanism for signal transduction that activates transcription of the SlyA regulon in Salmonella typhimurium. We demonstrate that SlyA mediates transcriptional activation in response to guanosine tetraphosphate, ppGpp, according to the following observations: (i) in vivo transcription of SlyA-dependent genes is repressed when ppGpp is absent; this transcription can be restored by...
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