Global transcriptional analysis of the phosphate starvation response in Sinorhizobium meliloti strains 1021 and 2011

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Krol, E ^a   Becker, A ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Gene regulation; Phosphorus; Starvation

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STARVATION; STRESS;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CHEMOTAXIS; GALACTANS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLUCANS; IRON; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 4544275338     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-004-1030-8     Document Type: Article

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