Characterization of the Sinorhizobium meliloti sinR/sinI locus and the production of novel N-acyl homoserine lactones

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5686-5695

  Marketon, Melanie M ^a   Gronquist, Matthew R ^a   Eberhard, Anatol ^a   González, Juan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; PROTEIN SINI; PROTEIN SINR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA; SYMBIOSIS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0036786039     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.20.5686-5695.2002     Document Type: Article

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