Regulation of the N-acyl homoserine lactone-dependent quorum-sensing system in rhizosphere Pseudomonas putida WCS358 and cross-talk with the stationary-phase RpoS sigma factor and the global regulator GacA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5493-5502

  Bertani, Iris ^a   Venturi, Vittorio ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULES; STRAIN;

GENOMIC MUTANTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; PUTIDA STRAINS; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA;

LACTONE; N ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN GACA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL POPULATION; GACA GENE; GENE; GENE FUSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PPUI GENE; PPUR GENE; PRODUCTIVITY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHIZOSPHERE; RSAL GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SIGMA FACTOR; THIOPHENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 4644303137     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5493-5502.2004     Document Type: Article

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