Global consequences of phosphatidylcholine reduction in Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-72

  Hacker, Stephanie ^a   Gödeke, Julia ^a   Lindemann, Andrea ^b   Mesa, Socorro ^b   Pessi, Gabriella ^b   Narberhaus, Franz ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Methyltransferase; Nitrogen fixation; Phosphatidylcholine; Phosphatidylethanolamine; Phospholipids; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SOYBEANS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; EUKARYOTA; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 45849103497     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-008-0345-2     Document Type: Article

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