title: Identification of a promoter region on the Halomonas elongata cryptic plasmid pHE1 employing the inaZ reporter gene of Pseudomonas syringae.
abstract: A native promoter located on the cryptic plasmid pHE1 from the moderate halophile Halomonas elongata was identified employing a promoterless ice nucleation gene inaZ of Pseudomonas syringae by direct subcloning and assaying for ice nucleation activity. The presence of the promoter was verified by inserting the corresponding intact or deleted pHE1 fragment in the promoter analysis vector pKK232-8 upstream of the promoterless cat or inaZ gene. Only constructs carrying the intact pHE1 fragment gave CAT phenotype (chloramphenicol resistance) or ice nucleation activity, respectively. Comparative evaluation of the sequence analysis data of the intact and deleted fragment suggested the localization of an Escherichia coli-type promoter region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tegos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vartholomatos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perysinakis
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Nieto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ventosa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drainas
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006216:Halobacteriaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial