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Functional Complementation of Escherichia coli by the rpoS Gene of the Foodborne Pathogenic Vibrio vulnificus

Park, Kyung-Je (Department of Environmental Science, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
Kim, Song-Hee (Department of Environmental Science, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
Kim, Min-Gon (Laboratory of Intergrative Biotechnology, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology)
Chung, Duck-Hwa (Division of Applied Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Ha, Sang-Do (Department of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University)
Kim, Keun-Sung (Department of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University)
Jahng, Deok-jin (Department of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, Myongji University)
Lee, Kyu-Ho (Department of Environmental Science, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

Publication Information

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology / v.14, no.5, 2004 , pp. 1063-1066 More about this Journal

Abstract

The rpoS gene product is a global transcriptional factor, which is involved in bacterial survival under various stress conditions. An rpoS-homologous gene was cloned from a septicemia-causing pathogenic Vibrio vulnificus. Introduction of this gene as a multicopy plasmid into various E. coli strains displayed functional complementation, for examples, increased survivability of an rpoS-defective E. coli cell and induction of known $\delta^S$ -dependent, stress-responding promoters of E. coli genes.

Keywords

rpoS; functional complementation; foodborne pathogen;

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