title: [Distribution and functional significance of A/T tracts in promotor sequences of Escherichia coli].
abstract: Distribution of the A/T tracts described in earlier publications in the region extending from nucleotide -250 to +150 relative to the transcription initiation site of gene transcribed regions adjacent to promoter was studied. Upstream of the -35 region a succession of A/T tracts was discovered distributed at a shorter distance one from another than in analogous elements of the transcribed region (1 and 1.5 helix turns, respectively). Such a positional dependence suggests different functional manifestation of A/T tracts at different transcription steps. Single initiation using the T7D promoter mutant derivatives devoid of A/T tracts in two critical positions, +41 and , yielded shortened products of the corresponding length. One might speculate that such elements adjacent to promoter region play a significant role in transcription complex functioning.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290 Russia.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Chasov
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Deev
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Masulis
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Ozolin'
mesh_terms: D020856:AT Rich Sequence; D017123:Bacteriophage T7 / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D024363:Transcription Initiation Site
chemical_list: D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases