Disruption of sitA compromises Sinorhizobium meliloti for manganese uptake required for protection against oxidative stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2101-2109

  Davies, Bryan W ^a   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL RNA; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA 23S; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALFALFA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SITA GENE; SYMBIOSIS;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYMBIOSIS;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33947390925     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01377-06     Document Type: Article

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