Physical organization and phylogenetic analysis of acdR as leucine-responsive regulator of the 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase gene acdS in phytobeneficial Azospirillum lipoferum 4B and other Proteobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-219

  Prigent Combaret, Claire ^c   Blaha, Didier ^c   Pothier, Joël F ^c   Vial, Ludovic ^b   Poirier, Marie Andrée ^c   Wisniewski Dyé, Florence ^c   Moënne Loccoz, Yvan ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylate; ACC deaminase; acdR; Azospirillum; Phase variation

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; LEUCINE RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGRONOMY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BINDING SITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA LIBRARY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; SYNTENY; TERMINAL OLIGOPYRIMIDINE TRACT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 47249120203     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00474.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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