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From: Involvement of SPI-2-encoded SpiC in flagellum synthesis in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

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Expression of the spiC gene in LB. (A) Growth curve of wild-type Salmonella. An overnight culture in LB was inoculated into fresh LB at a 1:100 dilution. The cultures were grown at 37°C with aeration and monitored by measuring turbidity at an OD600. (B) Primer extension analysis of spiC transcription in LB. Bacteria were cultured in LB, and the total RNA was isolated when the OD600 reached 0.3, 0.7, 1.1 and 1.5. Fifty micrograms of RNA was hybridized with a 5'-end-labelled DNA fragment specific for the spiC gene and subjected to 6% polyacrylamide-7 M urea gel electrophoresis. The GATC lane corresponds to dideoxy chain termination sequence reactions in the region encompassing the spiC promoter. A single extension product was seen only at an OD600 of 1.5 corresponding to the stationary phase of growth. The asterisk indicates the transcription initiation site. (C) Nucleotide sequence of the spiC promoter region. The transcriptional start site for spiC is numbered as +1, and the hooked arrow indicates the direction of transcription. The proposed -10, -35, and Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequences are underlined. The start codon is marked in bold. The double underline indicates the sequence of the designed primer for primer extension analysis.

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