RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Lund, Peter A. A1 Ford, Simon J. A1 Brown, Nigel L.YR 1986 T1 Transcriptional Regulation of the Mercury-resistance Genes of Transposon Tn501 JF Microbiology, VO 132 IS 2 SP 465 OP 480 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-132-2-465 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB Summary: Expression of the mercury-resistance (mer) genes of the transposon Tn501 is positively and negatively controlled by the product of the merR gene. DNA sequence analysis has identified three open reading frames as potential candidates for this gene, one of which is oriented divergently with respect to the mercury-resistance genes. We have demonstrated that although RNA polymerase will bind to fragments containing the potential control regions for all three reading frames, only the control region for this divergent reading frame shows detectable promoter activity in vivo. Transcription of this reading frame is required for repression and induction of mer transcription. We have also shown that the Tn501 merR gene product negatively regulates its own synthesis, and have identified the start point of the transcript for this reading frame and for the mercury-inducible transcript of the mercury-resistance genes., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-132-2-465