Expression of the phytochrome operon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is dependent on the alternative sigma factor RpoS

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-168

  Barkovits, Katalin ^a   Harms, Andrea ^b,d   Benkartek, Corinna ^c,d   Smart, James L ^a,e   Frankenberg Dinkel, Nicole ^a,d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliverdin; Heme oxygenase; Phytochrome; RpoS; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

BILIVERDIN; HEME OXYGENASE; PHYTOCHROME; PROTEIN BPHO; PROTEIN BPHP; PROTEIN LASR; PROTEIN RHLR; PYOCYANINE; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; BPHO GENE; BPHP GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE;

BILIVERDINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); OPERON; PHYTOCHROME; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR;

CYANOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 39649083564     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.01058.x     Document Type: Article

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