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MUTATIONS THAT IMPROVE THE ANT PROMOTER OF SALMONELLA PHAGE P22
Dolores Graña 1, Philip Youderian 1, and Miriam M. Susskind 1
1 Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University
of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
Mutations that increase the activity of the promoter for the antirepressor gene of phage P22 were isolated by pseudoreversion of four severe promoter-down mutations. The sequence changes in these pseudorevertants include single base pair substitutions, single base pair deletions, tandem double base pair deletions and multisite mutations. The single base pair substitutions change nonconsensus base pairs to consensus base pairs at positions -14 and -8. The other mutations provide support for the idea that the length of the spacer region between the conserved -35 and -10 hexamers is an important determinant of promoter strength. Deletions of one or two base pairs in the spacer region apparently activate an alternate -10 hexamer by shifting it from a spacing of 19 base pairs to a spacing of 18 or 17 base pairs, respectively.
Submitted on November 13, 1984Accepted on January 16, 1985
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