title: Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding the primary sigma-factor of Campylobacter jejuni.
abstract: The rpoD gene encoding the primary sigma-factor of Campylobacter jejuni was amplified from genomic DNA with degenerate oligonucleotide primers. The complete gene encodes a polypeptide of 622 amino acids and has a deduced M(r) of 72.6 kDa. This polypeptide is 40% identical to the RpoD (sigma 70) protein of Escherichia coli and has 66% identity with the Helicobacter pylori RpoD protein. A C. jejuni sigma 70 promoter, not recognized by the E. coli sigma 70 factor, could be activated in this bacterium in the presence of the cloned C. jejuni RpoD protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Wösten
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boeve
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gaastra
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: van der Zeijst
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D012808:Sigma Factor; C081775:RNA polymerase sigma 70; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases