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We have constructedspo0A-lacZ andspo0F-lacZ fusions with a temperate phage vector and have investigated howspo0 gene products are involved in the expression of each of these genes. The expression ofspo0A-lacZ andspo0F-lacZ was stimulated at about the time of cessation of vegetative growth in Spo+ cells. This stimulation ofspo0A-lacZ was impaired by mutations in thespo0B, D, E, F orH genes but was not affected by mutations in thespo0J orK genes. Similar results were obtained with thespo0F-lacZ fusion. The effect of thespo0A mutation onspo0A-lacZ expression was characteristic: thespo0A-directed β-galactosidase activity found during vegetative growth was significantly enhanced in thespo0A mutant. This result suggests thatspo0A gene expression is autoregulated being repressed by its own gene product. Another remarkable observation was the effect of thesof-1 mutation, which is known to be aspo0A allele; it suppressed the sporulation deficiency ofspo0B, spo0D andspo0F mutants. Thespo0A-lacZ stimulation, which is impaired by any one of thesespo0 mutations, was restored by the additionalsof-1 mutation.
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Yamashita, S., Yoshikawa, H., Kawamura, F. et al. The effect ofspo0 mutations on the expression ofspo0A- andspo0F-lacZ fusions. Molec. Gen. Genet. 205, 28–33 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02428029
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