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ArticleCurrent microbiology2012

Construction of a promoter-probe vector for Bacillus thuringiensis: the identification of cis-acting elements of the chiA locus.

Chi-Chu Xie, Yang Luo, Yue-Hua Chen, Jun Cai

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Article in Current microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chi-Chu XieDepartment of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China.
Yang Luo
Yue-Hua Chen
Jun Cai
Nankai University · CNMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The expression and application of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) chitinase genes have been extensively investigated. However, little information is available regarding the regulation of chitinase gene expression in Bt. In this study, a shuttle promoter-probe vector was constructed incorporating the thermostable β-galactosidase gene bgaB of B. stearothermophilus as the reporter for the study of Bt promoters. Using this plasmid, the activity of the chiA gene promoter in Bt was investigated. Deletion analysis of the putative chiA promoter region revealed that the sequence located ~75 bp DNA from positions -116 to -42, with respect to the translation start site, is the core promoter of chiA gene. Furthermore, a site for chitin induction was identified near position -36. This site for negative regulation was indicated downstream of the RNA polymerase binding sites of the promoter of chiA. The expression of chiA started in cell grown for about 6 h and reached the maximum after 60 h of incubation. Induction of chiA expression by chitin was demonstrated by an increase in β-galactosidase activity of ~2.5-fold.

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Promoter Regions, GeneticBacillus thuringiensisBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceChitinasesCloning, MolecularGenetic VectorsMolecular Sequence DataRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidBacterial ProteinsChitinases

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PMID22367329
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