BigR, a transcriptional repressor from plant-associated bacteria, regulates an operon implicated in biofilm growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6185-6194

  Barbosa, Rosicler L ^a   Benedetti, Celso E ^a  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE LIKE HYDROLASE; GLASS; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METAL; PROTEIN ARSR; PROTEIN BIGR; PROTEIN SMTB; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BLH GENE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SENSOR; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA; XYLEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOFILMS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XYLELLA;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VALERIANA EDULIS; XYLELLA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 34548504554     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00331-07     Document Type: Article

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