Role of GacA, LasI, RhlI, Ppk, PsrA, Vfr and ClpXP in the regulation of the stationary-phase sigma factor rpoS/RpoS in Pseudomonas

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 264-271

  Bertani, Iris ^a   Ševo, Milica ^a   Kojic, Milan ^a,b   Venturi, Vittorio ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Global gene regulation; Pseudomonas; Regulation; rpoS; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

POLYPHOSPHATE; PROTEINASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; KNOCKOUT GENE; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0141921890     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0586-8     Document Type: Article

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