The alternative sigma factor rpoN is required for hrp activity in Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola and acts at the level of hrpL transcription

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3508-3516

  Hendrickson, Erik L ^b   Guevera, Pablo ^c   Ausubel, Frederick M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. MACULICOLA; TABACUM;

EID: 0034038637     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.12.3508-3516.2000     Document Type: Article

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