The Burkholderia cepacia rpoE gene is not involved in exopolysaccharide production and onion pathogenicity

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 260-265

  Devescovi, Giulia ^a   Venturi, Vittorio ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia; Extracytoplasmic function; rpoE; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOFILMS; CARBON; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTIONS; ONION PATHOGENICITY; RPOE; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA;

CARBON; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITROGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; GENE; PATHOGEN; STRESS; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; ONION; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RPOE GENE; STRESS; ADAPTATION; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENES; PHOSPHATES; POLYSACCHARIDES; VEGETABLES;

ALLIUM CEPA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 33745045466     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-119     Document Type: Article

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