title: Transcription of the Campylobacter jejuni cell division gene ftsA.
abstract: As part of a study of genes whose transcription is maintained in stationary phase, cloned segments of DNA were selected from a Lambda ZAP II library of Campylobacter jejuni NCTC 11,168. One such clone was found to encode a homologue of the Escherichia coli cell division gene ftsA. Examination of mRNA by transcription mapping revealed that the Campylobacter gene has one major and three minor transcription start sites. There were several significant differences in the structure and organisation of the C. jejuni ftsA promoter compared to that of E. coli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dougan
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Connerton
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013045:Species Specificity; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C065103:FtsA protein, Bacteria; C489310:FtsA protein, E coli