Open AccessSynthesis of RNA by Rhodomicrobium vannielii swarmer cells
Author(s) -
Scott N.W.,
Dow G.S.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1986.tb01532.x
Subject(s) - rna , biology , protein biosynthesis , microbiology and biotechnology , rna polymerase , rna dependent rna polymerase , gene , biochemistry
Protein synthesis in Rhodomicrobium vannielii swarmer cells, incubated anaerobically in the dark, is dependent upon a rifampicin‐sensitive step, indicating a dependence upon de novo RNA synthesis. In addition, toluene treatment has shown that the motile, non‐differentiating swarmer cells have the capacity to initiate and sustain RNA synthesis. The major form of the DNA‐dependent RNA polymerase responsible for this RNA synthesis has been identified.