Opine-based agrobacterium competitiveness: Dual expression control of the agrocinopine catabolism (acc) operon by agrocinopines and phosphate levels

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3700-3711

  Kim, H Stanley ^a   Yi, Hyojeong ^a   Myung, Jaehee ^a   Piper, Kevin R ^b   Farrand, Stephen K ^b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROCINOPINE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SUGAR PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; RHIZOBIUM; STARVATION; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULON; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPERON; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SUGAR PHOSPHATES;

EID: 47049127281     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00067-08     Document Type: Article

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