From: The YvfTU Two-component System is involved in plcR expression in Bacillus cereus
Strain or plasmid | Relevant genotypea | Source or reference |
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Strains | ||
B. cereus ATCC 14579 | Laboratory collection | |
B. cereus ΔplcR | ATCC 14579 plcR::Km | [6] |
B. cereus ΔyvfTU | ATCC 14579 yvfTU::Km | This work |
E. coli TG1 | [Δ(lac-proAB) supE thi hsd-5 (F' traD36 proA+ proB+ lacIq lacZΔM15)] | Laboratory collection |
E. coli ET12567 | (F- dam-13::Tn9 dcm-6 hsdM hsdR recF143 zjj-202: :Tn10 galK2 galT22 ara14 pacY1 xyl-5 leuB6 thi-1) | Laboratory collection |
Plasmids | ||
pUC18 | ApR cloning vector | Laboratory collection |
pMAD | ApR and EmR shuttle vector | [45] |
pHT304 | ApR and EmR cloning vector | [58] |
pHT304-Km | aphAIII with its own promoter cloned in SalI and PstI sites of pHT304 | This work |
pMADΔ yvfTU | Recombinant pMAD harboring yvfTU::Km | This work |
pHT304-18'Z | ApR and EmR cloning vehicle; lacZ reporter gene | [48] |
pHT-yvfTU | yvfTU and its promoter (2514 bp) cloned in PstI and EcoRI sites of pHT304 | This work |
pHT-plcR'Z | 1836 bp region upstream from plcR start codon cloned between the HindIII and XbaI sites of pHT304-18'Z | This work |
pHT-yvfT'Z | 649 bp region upstream from yvfT start codon cloned in PstI and BamHI sites of pHT304-18'Z | This work |