A clp gene homologue belonging to the Crp gene family globally regulates lytic enzyme production, antimicrobial activity, and biological control activity expressed by Lysobacter enzymogenes strain C3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 261-269

  Kobayashi, Donald Y ^a   Reedy, Ralph M ^a   Palumbo, Jeffrey D ^a,c   Zhou, Jun Ma ^a   Yuen, Gary Y ^b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; DISEASES; ENZYMES; FUNGI; GENES; MUTAGENS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CLP GENE HOMOLOGUE; MUTANTS; OOMYCETOUS SPECIES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLASE;

BIOCONTROL AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CLP GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FESCUE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEAF SPOT; LYSOBACTER ENZYMOGENES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; XANTHOMONADACEAE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA VULGARIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; POACEAE; PYTHIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XANTHOMONADACEAE;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BIPOLARIS; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; LYSOBACTER ENZYMOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; PYTHIUM; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; TRANSPOSONS; XANTHOMONADACEAE;

EID: 12244310509     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.261-269.2005     Document Type: Article

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