Characterization of the PvdS-regulated promoter motif in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 reveals regulon members and insights regarding PvdS function in other pseudomonads

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 871-889

  Swingle, Bryan ^a,b   Thete, Deepti ^b   Moll, Monica ^a   Myers, Christopher R ^b   Schneider, David J ^a,b   Cartinhour, Samuel ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; PROTEIN PVDS; PYOVERDINE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MARKOV CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS GROUP; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 42549102413     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06209.x     Document Type: Article

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