A Complex Genetic Switch Involving Overlapping Divergent Promoters and DNA Looping Regulates Expression of Conjugation Genes of a Gram-positive Plasmid

• Gayetri Ramachandran,

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC-UAM), Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (CSIC), Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain

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• Praveen K. Singh,

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC-UAM), Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (CSIC), Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain

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• Juan Roman Luque-Ortega,

  Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

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• Luis Yuste,

  Affiliation Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain

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• Carlos Alfonso,

  Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

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• Fernando Rojo,

  Affiliation Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain

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• Ling J. Wu,

  Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Wilfried J. J. Meijer

  * E-mail: wmeijer@cbm.csic.es

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CSIC-UAM), Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela” (CSIC), Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain

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