rpoS gene expression in carbon-starved cultures of the polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating species Pseudomonas oleovorans

Current Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 396-400

  Ruiz, Jimena A ^a   López, Nancy I ^a   Méndez, Beatriz S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DEGRADATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAZ GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; RPOS GENE; STRESS; THERMAL STIMULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS;

EID: 2442685422     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-003-4183-5     Document Type: Article

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