title: Antisense transcription of the ftsZ-ftsA gene junction inhibits cell division in Escherichia coli.
abstract: A 490-bp DNA segment spanning the junction between the ftsA and ftsZ genes inhibits cell division when present in high copy number. We show that this segment contains an antisense promoter and an antisense transcription terminator which define a new gene, stfZ.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Dewar
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Donachie
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002455:Cell Division / Q000235:genetics; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D016373:DNA, Antisense; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D016373:DNA, Antisense; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C065103:FtsA protein, Bacteria; C489310:FtsA protein, E coli; C071525:FtsZ protein, Bacteria