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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Phylogenetic Clade</th><th>Sequence</th><th>Reference</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Alphaproteobacteria/92fz61Lz">Alphaproteobacteria</a></td><td>GAAC(N)7GAACGTTC(N)7GTTC</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Betaproteobacteria/k6lha8ll">Betaproteobacteria</a><a href="/facts/Gammaproteobacteria/2ISNVT8r">Gammaproteobacteria</a></td><td>CTGT(N)8ACAG</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Deltaproteobacteria/zqFLbrNx">Deltaproteobacteria</a></td><td>CTRHAMRYBYGTTCAGS</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Gram-positive_bacteria/H6WYQ17e">Gram-positive bacteria</a></td><td>CGAACRNRYGTTYC</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Cyanobacteria/S8bKxIU9">Cyanobacteria</a></td><td>RGTAC(N)3DGTWCB</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>See <a href="/facts/Nucleic_acid_nomenclature/XkPEDCFb">Nucleic acid nomenclature</a> for an explanation of non-GATC nucleotide letters. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/SOS_response/LFrC6t6N">SOS response</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Henkin, Tina M.; Peters, Joseph E. (2020). Snyder and Champness molecular genetics of bacteria (Fifth ed.). Hoboken, NJ : Washington, D.C: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 409. ISBN 9781555819750. <a href="9781555819750" target="_blank">9781555819750</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Walker, Graham C. (October 1995). "SOS-regulated proteins in translesion DNA synthesis and mutagenesis". Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 20 (10): 416–20. doi:10.1016/s0968-0004(00)89091-x. PMID 8533155. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Gillor, Osnat; Vriezen, Jan A. C.; Riley, Margaret A. (Jun 2008). "The role of SOS boxes in enteric bacteriocin regulation". Microbiology. 154 (6): 1783–1792. doi:10.1099/mic.0.2007/016139-0. PMC 2729051. PMID 18524933. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2729051" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2729051</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Fernández de Henestrosa, Antonio R.; Rivera, Eusebi; Tapias, Angels; Barbé, Jordi (June 1998). "Identification of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides SOS box". Molecular Microbiology. 28 (5): 991–1003. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00860.x. PMID 9663685. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2958.1998.00860.x" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2958.1998.00860.x</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Tapias, A.; Barbé, J. (August 1999). "Regulation of divergent transcription from the uvrA-ssb promoters in Sinorhizobium meliloti". Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 262 (1): 121–130. doi:10.1007/s004380051066. PMID 10503543. S2CID 2373618. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Erill, Ivan; Escribano, Marcos; Campoy, Susana; Barbé, Jordi (22 November 2003). "In silico analysis reveals substantial variability in the gene contents of the gamma proteobacteria LexA-regulon". Bioinformatics. 19 (17): 2225–2236. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btg303. PMID 14630651. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fbioinformatics%2Fbtg303" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fbioinformatics%2Fbtg303</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Campoy, Susana; Fontes, Marta; Padmanabhan, S.; Cortés, Pilar; Llagostera, Montserrat; Barbé, Jordi (August 2003). "LexA-independent DNA damage-mediated induction of gene expression in Myxococcus xanthus". Molecular Microbiology. 49 (3): 769–781. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03592.x. PMID 12864858. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Winterling, Kevin W.; Chafin, David; Hayes, Jeffery J.; Sun, Ji; Levine, Arthur S.; Yasbin, Ronald E.; Woodgate, Roger (15 April 1998). "The Bacillus subtilis DinR Binding Site: Redefinition of the Consensus Sequence". Journal of Bacteriology. 180 (8): 2201–2211. doi:10.1128/JB.180.8.2201-2211.1998. PMC 107149. PMID 9555905. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC107149" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC107149</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Davis, Elaine O.; Dullaghan, Edith M.; Rand, Lucinda (15 June 2002). "Definition of the Mycobacterial SOS Box and Use To Identify LexA-Regulated Genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Journal of Bacteriology. 184 (12): 3287–3295. doi:10.1128/JB.184.12.3287-3295.2002. PMC 135081. PMID 12029045. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC135081" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC135081</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Mazón, G.; Lucena, J. M.; Campoy, S.; Fernández de Henestrosa, A. R.; Candau, P.; Barbé, J. (February 2004). "LexA-binding sequences in Gram-positive and cyanobacteria are closely related". Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 271 (1): 40–49. doi:10.1007/s00438-003-0952-x. PMID 14652736. S2CID 9219764. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>