Summary
The Escherichia coli HU-2 gene was cloned using a DNA fragment from the HU-1 gene as a probe. The amino acid sequence of the HU-2 protein deduced from the nucleotide sequence is in good agreement with the published sequence. The nucleotide sequence has a possible promoter and a typical ribosomal binding site upstream of the translation initiation codon (AUG) and a possible rhoindependent terminater site downstream of the termination codon (UAA) of the gene.
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Kano, Y., Osato, K., Wada, M. et al. Cloning and sequencing of the HU-2 gene of Escherichia coli . Molec Gen Genet 209, 408–410 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00329674
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