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Abstract
The pasABC genes of the proteic plasmid addiction system of broad-host-range plasmid pTF-FC2 were autoregulated. The PasA antidote was able to repress the operon 25-fold on its own, and repression was increased to 100-fold when the PasB toxin was also present. Autoregulation appears to be an essential requirement for pas-mediated plasmid stabilization because when the pas genes were placed behind the isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG)-regulated tac promoter, they were unable to stabilize a heterologous test plasmid.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9765582 PMCID: PMC107599
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490