Rifampin resistance mutation of Bacillus subtilis altering the electrophoretic mobility of the beta subunit of ribonucleic acid polymerase

J Bacteriol. 1975 Jun;122(3):1387-90. doi: 10.1128/jb.122.3.1387-1390.1975.

Abstract

The rifampin-resistance mutation of LS3,an asporogenous mutant of Bacillus subtilis 3610, leads to altered mobility of the beta subunit of ribonucleic acid polymerase in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis. This finding argues that the rifampin-resistance mutation is located in the structural gene coding for the beta polypeptide.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
  • Bacillus subtilis / enzymology*
  • Bacillus subtilis / growth & development
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases* / analysis
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial*
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Genes
  • Mutation*
  • Peptides / analysis
  • Phenotype
  • Rifampin / pharmacology*
  • Spores, Bacterial / growth & development
  • Transformation, Genetic

Substances

  • Peptides
  • DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
  • Rifampin