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Accordingly, a\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            library of 6,000 clones harboring plasmids with chromosomal\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            DNA fragments inserted upstream from\n            <jats:italic>gfpuv<\/jats:italic>\n            was constructed. Based on fluorescence intensity, 57 clones carrying potentially strong promoters were identified, some of which were DNA sequenced. The most potent\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            promoter identified (P\n            <jats:italic>ntr<\/jats:italic>\n            ; 271 bp) was 500 times more potent than the native\n            <jats:italic>pagA<\/jats:italic>\n            promoter and 70 times more potent than the \u03b1-amylase promoter (P\n            <jats:italic>amy<\/jats:italic>\n            ). This very potent promoter was tested along with the other promoters (which are three, six, and eight times more potent than P\n            <jats:italic>amy<\/jats:italic>\n            ) for the ability to drive expression of rPA in either\n            <jats:italic>B. subtilis<\/jats:italic>\n            or\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            . The number of cell-associated pre-PA molecules in\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            was found to correlate well with the strength of the promoter. However, there appeared to be an upper limit to the amount of mature PA secreted into the medium, which did not exceed that driven by P\n            <jats:italic>amy<\/jats:italic>\n            . Furthermore, the rPA constructs fused to the very potent promoters proved to be deleterious to the bacterial hosts and consequently led to genetic instability of the PA expression plasmid. Immunization with attenuated\n            <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n            expressing rPA under the control of promoters more potent than P\n            <jats:italic>amy<\/jats:italic>\n            was less efficient in eliciting anti-PA antibodies than that attained with P\n            <jats:italic>amy<\/jats:italic>\n            . 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