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Multiple regulatory events are involved in the expression of the uidA gene. A regulatory region of this gene has been located on a 460 base pair Sau3A-EcoRI fragment and its nucleotide sequence was determined by the dideoxy method using pEMBL plasmids. A preliminary analysis of this sequence revealed the presence of numerous palindromic structures with some overlaps.
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Blanco, C., Ritzenthaler, P. & Mata-Gilsinger, M. Nucleotide sequence of a regulatory region of the uidA gene in Escherichia coli K12. Molec Gen Genet 199, 101–105 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327517
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