Role of the regulatory gene rirA in the transcriptional response of Sinorhizobium meliloti to iron limitation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5969-5982

  Chao, Tzu Chiao ^a   Buhrmester, Jens ^a   Hansmeier, Nicole ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^a   Weidner, Stefan ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; IRON; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN;

GENE CLUSTERS; GROWTH DEFECTS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATION;

GENES;

DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; SIDEROPHORE;

GENE;

ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLASMID; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIRA GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEOME; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 26844485363     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.5969-5982.2005     Document Type: Article

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