Article
Autoinducer-independent mutants of the LuxR transcriptional activator exhibit differential effects on the two lux promoters of Vibrio fischeri.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 16 Oct 1996
Sitnikov D M, Shadel G S, Baldwin T O
Abstract excerpt
The LuxR protein is a transcriptional activator which, together with a diffusible small molecule termed the autoinducer [N-(3-oxohexanoyl)-L-homo-serine lactone], represents the primary level of regulation of the bioluminescence genes in Vibrio fischeri. LuxR, in the presence of autoinducer, activates transcription of the luxICDABEG gene cluster and both positively and negatively autoregulates transcription of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
