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Three strong and two minor rpsA promoters were found by nuclease S1 mapping, promoter cloning and in vitro transcription. The longest transcript encodes a protein, located upstream from rpsA with a molecular weight of 25,000. The identity of this protein remains to be established. The other rpsA promoters are located within the gene for this 25 K protein. The rpsA leader region including the sequence of the 25K protein and its promoter was DNA sequenced.
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Pedersen, S., Skouv, J., Kajitani, M. et al. Transcriptional organization of the rpsA operon of Escherichia coli . Mol Gen Genet 196, 135–140 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00334105
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