A novel transcriptional autoregulatory loop enhances expression of the Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii Hrp type III secretion system

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 479-487

  Merighi, Massimo ^a   Majerczak, Doris R ^a   Coplin, David L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erwinia stewartii; Hrp; Phytopathogen; Stewart's Wilt of corn; Transcriptional autoregulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HRPL; PROTEIN HRPS; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 15944381554     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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