Molecular nature of spontaneous modifications in gacS which cause colony phase variation in Pseudomonas sp. strain PCL1171

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 593-600

  Van Den Broek, Daan ^a   Chin A Woeng, Thomas F C ^a   Bloemberg, Guido V ^a   Lugtenberg, Ben J J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL CYCLE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GACA GENE; GACS GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RECA GENE; RECB GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 11844261548     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.2.593-600.2005     Document Type: Article

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