Site dicF
- Name: dicF
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1574 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: division inibition control
- Left End Point: 35.50
- Right End Point: 35.50
- Products:
DicF antisense RNA - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment antisense RNA NULL - Priority: 0
- External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG31115 EcoliWiki dicF - Comment:
- inhibits ftsZ
- References:
- Bouche, F., J.P. Bouche' 1989. Genetic evidence that DicF, a second division inhibitor encoded by the Escherichia coli dicB operon, is probably RNA. Mol.Microbiol. 3:991-994
- Faubladier, M., K. Cam, J.P. Bouche' 1990. Escherichia coli cell division inhibitor DicF-RNA of the dicB operon. Evidence for its generation in vivo by transcription termination and by RNase III and RNase E-dependent processing. J.Mol.Biol. 212:461-471
- Tetart, F., J.P. Bouche' 1992. Regulation of the expression of the cell-cycle gene ftsZ by DicF antisense RNA. Division does not require a fixed number of FtsZ molecules. Mol.Microbiol. 6:615-620
- Faubladier, M., J.P. Bouche' 1994. Division inhibition gene dicF of Escherichia coli reveals a widespread group of prophage sequences in bacterial genomes. J.Bacteriol. 176:1150-1156