Transcriptional and physiological responses of Bradyrhizobium japonicum to desiccation-induced stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6751-6762

  Cytryn, Eddie J ^a   Sangurdekar, Dipen P ^a   Streeter, John G ^b   Franck, William L ^c   Chang, Woo Suk ^c   Stacey, Gary ^c   Emerich, David W ^d   Joshi, Trupti ^e   Xu, Dong ^e   Sadowsky, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

^e University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOCITRATE LYASE; SYNTHETASE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; TREHALOSE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; DESICCATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TREHALOSE;

BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM;

EID: 34948869331     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00533-07     Document Type: Article

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