RpoS expression and the general stress response in Azotobacter vinelandii during carbon and nitrogen diauxic shifts

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 946-953

  Sandercock, James R ^a   Page, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; CATALASE; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; HOLOENZYME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS 32; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL LYSATE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOS GENE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; CATALASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 38649104130     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01571-06     Document Type: Article

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