Analysis of Bordetella pertussis cya operon regulation by use of cya-lac fusions

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In Bordetella pertussis virulence-associated genes, including adenylate cyclase toxin (Cya), are coordinately regulated in response to environmental signals by proteins coded by the bvg-locus. We have constructed cya-lac fusions in Escherichia coli and have shown that the cya operon is not expressed in E. coli, neither is it activated by bvg, when introduced in trans. The cya-lac fusion is fully active when returned to B. pertussis by homologous recombination and responds to bvg-dependent activation and environmental regulation. These results indicate that in B. pertussis the activation of the cya operon by bvg is indirect.

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