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Journal of Bacteriology (235)
Abstract

ABSTRACT Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 is a filamentous cyanobacterium that fixes N 2 in specialized cells called heterocysts, which differentiate from vegetative cells in a process that requires the nitrogen control transcription factor NtcA. 2-Oxoglutarate-stimulated binding of purified NtcA to wild-type and modified versions of the ntcA gene promoter from Anabaena sp. was analyzed by mobility shift and DNase I footprinting assays, and the role of NtcA-binding sites in the expression of the ntcA gene during heterocyst differentiation was studied in vivo by using an ntcA-gfp translational fusion and primer extension analysis. Mutation of neither of the two identified NtcA-binding sites eliminated localized expression of ntcA in proheterocysts, but mutation of both sites led to very low, nonlocalized expression.

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@article{Olmedo_Verd_2008, title={Role of Two NtcA-Binding Sites in the Complex ntcA Gene Promoter of the Heterocyst-Forming Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120}, volume={190}, ISSN={1098-5530}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.00856-08}, DOI={10.1128/jb.00856-08}, number={22}, journal={Journal of Bacteriology}, publisher={American Society for Microbiology}, author={Olmedo-Verd, Elvira and Valladares, Ana and Flores, Enrique and Herrero, Antonia and Muro-Pastor, Alicia M.}, year={2008}, month=nov, pages={7584–7590} }