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A small basic protein from the brz-brb operon is involved in regulation of bop transcription in Halobacterium salinarum

Valery Tarasov1, Rita Schwaiger2, Katarina Furtwängler3, Mike Dyall-Smith4 and Dieter Oesterhelt1*

Author Affiliations

1 Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany

2 Institut für Klinische Chemie, Klinikum Schwabing, Am Kölner Platz 1, 80804 Munich, Germany

3 Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Department 2, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany

4 School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, 2678 NSW, Australia

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BMC Molecular Biology 2011, 12:42 doi:10.1186/1471-2199-12-42

Published: 19 September 2011

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Genetic map of the genes and open reading frames in the bop gene region. Numbers indicate chromosomal coordinates of the genes and ORFs.

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Comparison of Brz, brz and Brb, brb sequences from strains of Hbt. salinarum R1 [21], S9 [16]and Hrb. utahensis. Red letters correspond to mutations.

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Comparison of Brb and brb sequences from Hbt. salinarum wild-type strain R1 and S9, brbM1, brzS9brbM2 mutants. Red letters correspond to mutations.

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Operon organization of the bp4 and OE2447F genes of Hbt. salinarum R1. The protein sequences are given below to nucleotide sequences. The arrow above the nucleotide line indicates the neighboring genes. Underlined letters correspond to translation start codons and boxed letters are translation stop codons.

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Operon organization of the OE3131F and bp2 genes of Hbt. salinarum R1. The protein sequences are given below to nucleotide sequences. The arrow above the nucleotide line indicates the neighboring genes. Underlined letters correspond to translation start codons and boxed letters are translation stop codons.

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Organization of the HQ1083B and bp genes of Hqr. Walsbyi. The protein sequences are given below to nucleotide sequences. The arrow above the nucleotide line indicates the neighboring genes. Underlined letters correspond to translation start codons and boxed letters are translation stop codons.

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Organization of the bop related genes cluster of Hrb. utahensis. The protein sequences of the bp gene are given below to nucleotide sequences. The arrow above the nucleotide line indicates the neighboring genes. Underlined letters correspond to translation start codons and boxed letters are translation stop codons.

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DNA microarray analysis of differentially expressed genes from Hbt. salinarum R1 and R1M1 cells grown in the presence of novobiocin.

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Primers used in this work.

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