Joint transcriptional control of xpsR, the unusual signal integrator of the Ralstonia solanacearum virulence gene regulatory network, by a response regulator and a LysR-type transcriptional activator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2736-2743

  Huang, Jianzhong ^a,c   Yindeeyoungyeon, Wandee ^a   Garg, Ram P ^a   Denny, Timothy P ^b   Schell, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Microbiology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 0031900924     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.10.2736-2743.1998     Document Type: Article

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