Conjugative transfer of p42a from Rhizobium etli CFN42, which is required for mobilization of the symbiotic plasmid, is regulated by quorum sensing

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1681-1692

  Tun Garrido, Cristina ^a   Bustos, Patricia ^a   González, Víctor ^a   Brom, Susana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; COSMID; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SYMBIOSIS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA HELICASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYMBIOSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0037372788     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.5.1681-1692.2003     Document Type: Article

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