Identification of genes in the RosR regulon of Rhizobium etli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1706-1713

  Bittinger, Mark A ^a   Handelsman, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; NODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; NEGIBACTERIA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0034101965     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1706-1713.2000     Document Type: Article

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