Fine-Tuning of galactoglucan biosynthesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti by differential WggR (ExpG)-, PhoB-, and MucR-dependent regulation of two promoters

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3456-3466

  Bahlawane, Christelle ^a   Baumgarth, Birgit ^a   Serrania, Javier ^a,b   Rüberg, Silvia ^a   Becker, Anke ^a,b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOGLUCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXPG PROTEIN, RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GALACTAN; GLUCAN; MUCR PROTEIN, RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; PHOB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOSPHATE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUCR GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOB GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATOR GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WGGR GENE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GLUCANS; OPERON; PHOSPHATES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 47049126277     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00062-08     Document Type: Article

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