The F-ATPase operon promoter of Streptococcus mutans is transcriptionally regulated in response to external pH.
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SUBMITTER: Kuhnert WL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC532412 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Dec
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The F-ATPase operon promoter of Streptococcus mutans is transcriptionally regulated in response to external pH.
Kuhnert Wendi L WL Zheng Guolu G Faustoferri Roberta C RC Quivey Robert G RG
Journal of bacteriology 20041201 24
Streptococcus mutans F-ATPase, the major component of the acid-adaptive response of the organism, is transcriptionally upregulated at low pH. Fusions of the F-ATPase promoter to chloramphenicol acetyltransferase indicated that pH-dependent expression is still observed with a short promoter that contains a domain conserved between streptococcal ATPase operons. ...[more]
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