EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF THE AUTOLYSIN GENE (ATL) OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS

Authors
OSHIDA T TAKANO M SUGAI M SUGINAKA H MATSUSHITA T
Citation
T. Oshida et al., EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF THE AUTOLYSIN GENE (ATL) OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, Microbiology and immunology, 42(9), 1998, pp. 655-659
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology
Journal title
Microbiology and immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03855600
Volume
42
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
655 - 659
Database
ISI
SICI code
0385-5600(1998)42:9<655:EAOTAG>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The bifunctional autolysin gene (atl) of Staphylococcus aureus was tra nscribed into a 4.1-kb transcript. The transcription initiation site w as located at an adenine residue 33-nt upstream from the putative atl start codon, Analysis using a promoter-reporter plasmid showed that pr omoter activity increased during the exponential growth phase, The Tn5 51 insertion site of the autolysis-deficient mutant S, aureus RUSAL2 w as located in the putative catalytic region of the glucosaminidase dom ain.