Functional genomic analysis of global regulator NolR in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1340-1352

  Chen, Hancai ^a   Gao, Ke ^a   Kondorosi, Eva ^b   Kondorosi, Adam ^b   Rolfe, Barry G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cellular functions; Luteolin; Protein networks; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LUTEOLIN; NOLR PROTEIN, SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; OXYGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; PH; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUTEOLIN; OXYGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 27944472167     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-18-1340     Document Type: Article

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