A citrate-inducible gene, encoding a putative tricarboxylate transporter, is downregulated by the organic solvent DMSO in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1372-1383

  Liu, A C ^a,b   Shih, H W ^a   Hsu, T ^b   Lai, E M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Citrate transporter; Dimethyl sulfoxide; Gene regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CITRATE TRANSPORTERS; ENCODINGS; GENE CLUSTERS; GENE-REGULATION; GENES ENCODING; TCA CYCLE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATIONS; TWO-COMPONENT REGULATORY SYSTEMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CARRIER PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; TRICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC ACID; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ACTC GENE; ACTCBA GENE; ACTDE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CITRATE INDUCIBLE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 54049137643     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03874.x     Document Type: Article

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