RpoS (Sigma-S) controls expression of rsmA, a global regulator of secondary metabolites, harpin, and extracellular proteins in Erwinia carotovora

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3629-3634

  Mukherjee, Asita ^a   Cui, Yaya ^a   Ma, Weilei ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Ishihama, Akira ^b   Eisenstark, Abraham ^c   Chatterjee, Arun K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ERWINIA RHAPONTICI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 0032457286     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.14.3629-3634.1998     Document Type: Article

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