title: Isolation of the Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 sigA gene in a transcriptional-interference selection.
abstract: A transcriptional-interference selection was performed to identify genes of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 that encode DNA-binding proteins able to bind to the rbcL promoter. Unexpectedly, the selection yielded the previously identified sigA gene, which encodes the principal sigma factor. Protein extracts from Escherichia coli containing the sigA gene bound the rbcL promoter fragment in mobility shift assays, and competition experiments indicated binding to rbcL and glnA but not xisA or nifH upstream regions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-3258, USA.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ramasubramanian
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Golden
mesh_terms: D017033:Anabaena / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics; D005974:Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase / Q000235:genetics; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; C081775:RNA polymerase sigma 70; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase; C081173:glutamine synthetase I; D005974:Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase