title: Intragenic suppression of the temperature-sensitivity caused by a mutation in a gene controlling transcription (fit) in Escherichia coli.
abstract: Starting from a transcription-defective strain harbouring a temperature-sensitive mutation in the fit gene, a rifampicin-resistant, temperature-insensitive derivative has been isolated. Genetic analysis of this derivative demonstrated the presence of a second temperature-sensitive mutation in the same gene. The two mutations mutually suppress each other's phenotype. From cotransduction experiments, the fit gene has been mapped 0.32 min and 0.16 min clockwise from the aroD and pps loci, respectively, at 37.5 min on the linkage map. The mutants harbouring either or both of the fit mutations are defective in RNA synthesis at the non-permissive temperature. The fit gene product is suggested to function as an accessory transcription factor.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Dass
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jayaraman
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013489:Suppression, Genetic; D013696:Temperature; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial