Transcriptional interference and repression modulate the conjugative ability of the symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium etli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4189-4197

  Sepúlveda, Edgardo ^a   Pérez Mendoza, Daniel ^b   Ramírez Romero, Miguel A ^a   Soto, María J ^b   López Lara, Isabel M ^a   Geiger, Otto ^a   Sanjuán, Juan ^b   Brom, Susana ^a   Romero, David ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; VIRB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING ASSAY; DNA BINDING; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 44949241671     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00041-08     Document Type: Article

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