Expression of the exoY gene, required for exopolysaccharide synthesis in Agrobacterium, is activated by the regulatory ros gene

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2621-2629

  Tiburtius, Anne ^a   De Luca, Nicola G ^a   Hussain, Haitham ^a   Johnston, Andrew W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium exo; Dominant exo mutation; Exopolysaccharide; Gene regulation; ros

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RADIOBACTER;

EID: 0029761562     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2621     Document Type: Article

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