cDNA-AFLP reveals differentially expressed genes related to cell aggregation of Azospirillum brasilense

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-194

  Valverde, Angel ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^a   Burdman, Saul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Azospirillum; cDNA AFLP; flcA; Flocculation

Indexed keywords

2 ISOPROPYLMALATE SYNTHASE; ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENYLOSUCCINATE LYASE; BIOPOLYMER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL AGGREGATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLCA GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOCCULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33751249902     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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