The two-component regulators GacS and GacA influence accumulation of the stationary-phase sigma factor σ(s) and the stress response in Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6635-6641

  Whistler, Cheryl A ^a   Corbell, Nathan A ^a   Sarniguet, Alain ^b   Ream, Walter ^a   Loper, Joyce E ^a,c,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INRA   (France)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; KANAMYCIN; RECOMBINANT DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEMA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS PF-5;

EID: 0032436624     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6635-6641.1998     Document Type: Article

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