Molecular and General Genetics MGG

, Volume 184, Issue 1, pp 56–61 | Cite as

Replication control functions of plasmid R1 act as inhibitors of expression of a gene required for replication

  • Janice Light
  • Søren Molin
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Summary

Construction of translational fusions betwen the repA gene of plasmid R 1 (required for replication) and the lacZ gene has allowed a quantitative analysis of expression of this gene. It is suggested that the replication of R 1 is controlled by two replication control functions acting as inhibitors of repA expression.

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Quantitative Analysis Control Function lacZ Gene repA Gene Translational Fusion 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Janice Light
    • 1
  • Søren Molin
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of GeneticsUniversity of LeedsLeedsEngland
  2. 2.Department of Molecular BiologyOdense UniversityOdense MDenmark

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