Multicopy suppression of a gacA mutation by the infC operon in Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0: Competition with the global translational regulator RsmA

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-58

  Blumer, Caroline ^a   Haas, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GacA; Global regulation; Pseudomonas fluorescens; RsmA; Secondary metabolism; Translational control

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN CYANIDE;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RNA TRANSLATION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-3; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

LEMA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0034212262     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00170-1     Document Type: Article

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