Expression of a Bacillus megaterium sporulation-specific gene during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis.
The gene for the Bacillus megaterium spore C protein, a sporulation-specific gene, has been transferred into Bacillus subtilis. The B. megaterium gene was expressed little, if at all, during log-phase and early-stationary-phase growth, but was expressed during sporulation with the same kinetics as and at a level similar to that of the analogous B. subtilis genes. This finding is most consistent with the regulation of this class of genes by a mechanism of positive control.
D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000235:genetics; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000502:physiology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D010957:Plasmids; D012808:Sigma Factor; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; C092468:spoIIR protein, Bacillus subtilis; C030069:spore-specific proteins, Bacillus