Isolation of strong expression signals of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Microbiology
J A TriccasB Gicquel

Abstract

The natural fluorescence of the Aequoria victoria green fluorescent protein was exploited to isolate strong expression signals of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin harbouring M. tuberculosis fragments driving high levels of gfp expression were isolated by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). DNA sequencing and subsequent comparison with the M. tuberculosis genome sequence revealed that a total of nine postulated promoters had been identified. The majority of the promoters displayed activity that was greater than or equal to the Mycobacterium fortuitum beta-lactamase promoter, one of the strongest mycobacterial promoters characterized to date. Two of the promoters corresponded to proteins predicted to be involved in calcium and magnesium utilization, the importance of such functions for cell physiology suggesting why these two genes are controlled by strong transcription signals. The seven other promoters corresponded to genes encoding proteins of unknown function. Promoter activity was maintained after prolonged incubation within macrophages, implying that these promoters could be used to drive sustained foreign gene expression in vivo. The strength of these expression signals identi...Continue Reading

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Apr 10, 2007·Trends in Microbiology·Eric Alix, Anne-Béatrice Blanc-Potard
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