Figure 2From: Analysis of a taurine-dependent promoter in Sinorhizobium meliloti that offers tight modulation of gene expression Comparison of promoter strengths in different culture media. Strains (JOE3273, JOE3275, JOE3277, and JOE3334) carrying transcriptional fusions of uidA to arabinose-, taurine-, rhamnose-, and melibiose-dependent promoter regions were grown in (A) PYE, (B) LB, (C) M9, or (D) M9 plus casamino acids (M9 + CAA) liquid media for three hours, to mid-log phase, in the presence or absence of appropriate inducers. Cultures were then harvested to measure the levels of beta-glucuronidase (GUS) expression. For M9 + CAA, strains were either first grown in M9 + CAA without glucose (−glu) and then diluted into the same medium with or without inducer; or they were first grown in M9 + CAA supplemented with 0.2% glucose (+glu) and diluted into M9 + CAA supplemented with the inducer [+ inducer (+glu)] or glucose [− inducer (+glu)]. Error bars indicate the standard errors of the mean GUS activities. See Methods for further details.Back to article page