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Exploring a genomic region in Staphylococcus aureus

Go to the Ensembl Bacteria homepage and do the following:

  1. Search for the Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus NCTC 8325 (GCA_000013425).

  2. Search for the gene gyrA.

  3. What are the genomic coordinates of this gene? Is gyrA located on the forward or reverse strand?

  4. Name two genes located upstream and downstream of gyrA.

  1. On the Ensembl bacteria homepage, type NCTC 8325 into the Search for a genome box. Click on the auto-completed genome name to navigate to the species information page.

  2. Type gyrA into the search box. Click Go.

  3. The coordinates of the gyrA are 7,005-9,668. The gene is located on the forward strand.

  4. SAOUHSC_00005 (DNA gyrase, B subunit) is located upstream gyrA, and SAOUHSC_00007 (a conserved hypothetical protein) is located downstream gyrA.