Squires C H, De Felice M, Wessler S R, Calvo J M
J Bacteriol. 1981 Sep;147(3):797-804. doi: 10.1128/jb.147.3.797-804.1981.
The ilvHI and leu genes of Escherichia coli K-12 are contained on a single 10.9-kilobase EcoRI fragment of deoxyribonucleic acid derived from the leu transducing phage lambda G4. Since the expression of all of these genes is controlled by leucine, we investigated whether they are part of single operon or whether they constitute separate but adjacent operons controlled from a common site. Both cloning and hybridization studies indicated that ilvHI and leu are distinct operons. They are transcribed in opposite directions and are separated by approximately 1,500 base pairs of deoxyribonucleic acid. Hybridization experiments showed that the expression of ilvHI is regulated chiefly at the level of transcription. The size of the ilvHI messenger ribonucleic acid is estimated to be 2,550 bases.
大肠杆菌K-12的ilvHI和leu基因位于来自亮氨酸转导噬菌体λG4的一条10.9千碱基的脱氧核糖核酸EcoRI片段上。由于所有这些基因的表达都受亮氨酸控制,我们研究了它们是单个操纵子的一部分,还是构成受共同位点控制的独立但相邻的操纵子。克隆和杂交研究均表明ilvHI和leu是不同的操纵子。它们以相反的方向转录,中间被大约1500个碱基对的脱氧核糖核酸隔开。杂交实验表明,ilvHI的表达主要在转录水平受到调控。ilvHI信使核糖核酸的大小估计为2550个碱基。