A Sinorhizobium meliloti osmosensory two-component system required for cyclic glucan export and symbiosis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 479-490

  Griffitts, Joel S ^a   Carlyon, Rebecca E ^a   Erickson, Jacob H ^a   Moulton, Jason L ^a   Barnett, Melanie J ^b   Toman, Carol J ^b   Long, Sharon R ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEUP GENE; FEUQ GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NDVA GENE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BETA-GLUCANS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; GENES, REPORTER; LOCOMOTION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 47249166089     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06304.x     Document Type: Article

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