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Abstract
phoR mutants with the wild-type Escherichia coli K-12 Var+ phoM region showed clonal variation of bacterial alkaline phosphatase synthesis, whereas mutants with the pho-510 Var- allele did not. The pho-510 mutation is responsible for the phoR mutant constitutive phenotype and probably arose in E. coli K-12 58F+ after X-ray mutagenesis over 40 years ago. I propose that the phoM region controls a change in state of bacterial alkaline phosphatase synthesis, at least in phoR mutants. Four possible molecular mechanisms for how phoM may act are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3542979 PMCID: PMC211867 DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.2.900-903.1987
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490