Expression of a Bacillus megaterium sporulation-specific gene during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 155 (3) , 1459-62
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.155.3.1459-1462.1983
Abstract
The gene for the Bacillus megaterium spore C protein, a sporulation-specific gene, has been transferred into Bacillus subtilis. The B. megaterium gene was expressed little, if at all, during log-phase and early-stationary-phase growth, but was expressed during sporulation with the same kinetics as and at a level similar to that of the analogous B. subtilis genes. This finding is most consistent with the regulation of this class of genes by a mechanism of positive control.Keywords
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