Hypercyst mutants in Rhodospirillum centenum identify regulatory loci involved in cyst cell differentiation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 5834-5841

  Berleman, James E ^a   Hasselbring, Benjamin M ^a,b   Bauer, Carl E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; GENE PRODUCT; HISTIDINE SENSOR KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN CHE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM CENTENUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHEMOTAXIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROTEIN KINASES; RHODOSPIRILLUM CENTENUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLUM; RHODOSPIRILLUM CENTENUM;

EID: 4344671750     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.17.5834-5841.2004     Document Type: Article

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