Regulation of pssA and pssB gene expression in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii in response to environmental factors

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-227

  Janczarek, Monika ^a   Skorupska, Anna ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Promoters; pss gusAfusions; pss lacZfusions; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN PSSA; PROTEIN PSSB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEDICAGO; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PLANT ROOTS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII;

EID: 1842739249     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000020342.39867.fb     Document Type: Article

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