Acid tolerance in Rhizobium meliloti strain WSM419 involves a two-component sensor-regulator system

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1693-1704

  Tiwari, Ravi P ^a   Reeve, Wayne G ^a   Dilworth, Michael J ^a   Glenn, Andrew R ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance genes; pH sensing; Rhizobium meliloti; Two component sensor regulator system

Indexed keywords

ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0029977023     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-7-1693     Document Type: Article

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