Thiamine-auxotrophic mutants of Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 are defective in cell-cell signaling and biocontrol factor expression

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2606-2613

  Dubuis, Christophe ^a   Rolli, Joëlle ^a,c   Lutz, Matthias ^b   Défago, Geneviève ^b   Haas, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

EXOENZYMES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS CHA0; SIGNAL SYNTHESIS; TRANSPOSON TN5;

MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN GAC; PROTEIN RSM; PROTEIN RSMX; PROTEIN RSMY; PROTEIN RSMZ; RNA; RSMZ GFP FUSION PROTEIN; THIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; SIGNALING;

ALLELE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS CHAO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TN5 GENE; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICACEAE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIAMINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM;

EID: 33646084179     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2606-2613.2006     Document Type: Article

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