M. Haapalainen et al., ISOLATION OF STRONG PROMOTERS FROM CLAVIBACTER-XYLI SUBSP CYNODONTIS USING A PROMOTER PROBE PLASMID, Biochimica et biophysica acta, N. Gene structure and expression, 1305(3), 1996, pp. 130-134
To isolate promoters from Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis (C. xyli
subsp. cynodontis), we constructed a new promoter probe plasmid and ma
de a C. xyli subsp. cynodontis promoter probe library. Two promoters g
ave over 2500-times stronger expression than the parental plasmid. The
promoters were sequenced and compared to other bacterial promoters. T
hese C. xyli subsp. cynodontis promoter regions are GC-rich and do not
resemble E. roll promoters, but do resemble a few individual promoter
s found in streptomycetes.