The Sinorhizobium meliloti Nutrient-Deprivation-Induced Tyrosine Degradation Gene hmga Is Controlled by a Novel Member of the arsR Family of Regulatory Genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2641-2648

  Milcamps, Anne ^a   Struffi, Paolo ^a   De Bruijn, Frans J ^a,b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Plant Biology Building ^*  (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIOXYGENASE; HOMOGENTISATE 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; NITR PROTEIN, RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; NITROGEN; OXYGENASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

ALFALFA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIOXYGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMOGENTISATE 1,2-DIOXYGENASE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NITROGEN; OXYGENASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0035379560     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2641-2648.2001     Document Type: Article

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