Transcription modulation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium promoters by sub-MIC levels of rifampin

J Bacteriol. 2006 Nov;188(22):7988-91. doi: 10.1128/JB.00791-06. Epub 2006 Sep 15.

Abstract

Promoter-lux fusions that showed rifampin-modulated transcription were identified from a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium 14028 reporter library. The transformation of a subset of fusions into mutants that lacked one of six global regulatory proteins or were rifampin resistant showed that transcription modulation was independent of the global regulators, promoter specific, and dependent on the interaction of rifampin with RNA polymerase.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / metabolism
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / pharmacology*
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / metabolism
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / drug effects*
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic / drug effects
  • Rifampin / metabolism
  • Rifampin / pharmacology*
  • Salmonella typhimurium / drug effects
  • Salmonella typhimurium / genetics*
  • Transcription, Genetic / genetics*

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
  • Rifampin