Rgg is a Positive Transcriptional Regulator of the Streptococcus Gordonii GtfG Gene

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1996 Oct 1

PMID 8824637

Citations 30

Authors

M C Sulavik

D B Clewell

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Abstract

The Streptococcus gordonii (Challis) glucosyltransferase-encoding determinant gtfG is regulated by the product of the adjacent gene rgg. Results of analyses described here showed that in both S. gordonii and Escherichia coli Rgg is a positive transcriptional regulator of glucosyltransferase expression. In addition, the transcriptional start sites of both gtfG and rgg were determined.

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