SurA

• Description: small RNA
  
  

Gene name	surA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	small RNA
Function	unknown
Gene length	280 bp
Immediate neighbours	yndK, yndL
Gene sequence (+200bp)
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: no entry

• Structure:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: surA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: induced at the beginning of sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: Spo0A: unknown, indirect effect, probably via AbrB PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

References

Jessica M Silvaggi, John B Perkins, Richard Losick
Genes for small, noncoding RNAs under sporulation control in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(2);532-41
[PubMed:16385044] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)