Diversity in the Bordetella virulence regulon: transcriptional control of a Bvg-intermediate phase gene.
In: Molecular microbiology, Jg. 40 (2001-05-01), Heft 3, S. 669-83
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The BvgAS signal transduction system controls the expression of at least three distinct phenotypic phases that lie along a continuum of gene expression states. The Bvg+ phase is characterized by the expression of adhesins and toxins, whereas the Bvg- phase is characterized by motility in Bordetella bronchiseptica and the expression of vrg loci in Bordetella pertussis. The Bvg-intermediate (Bvgi) phase is characterized by the absence of Bvg-repressed phenotypes, the expression of some, but not all, Bvg-activated virulence factors and the presence of a recently discovered set of antigens and phenotypes that are unique to this phase. We report here the transcriptional regulation of bipA, the first-identified Bvgi phase gene. We have mapped the bipA promoter and identified numerous BvgA binding sites in the transcriptional control region. Based on these data, we present a model in which phase-dependent expression of bipA results from the spatial distribution and relative affinities of multiple BvgA binding sites relative to the start site of transcription.
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Diversity in the Bordetella virulence regulon: transcriptional control of a Bvg-intermediate phase gene.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Deora, R ; Bootsma, HJ ; Miller, JF ; Cotter, PA |
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Zeitschrift: | Molecular microbiology, Jg. 40 (2001-05-01), Heft 3, S. 669-83 |
Veröffentlichung: | Oxford, OX ; Boston, MA : Blackwell Scientific Publications, c1987-, 2001 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0950-382X (print) |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02415.x |
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