Expression and physiological relevance of Agrobacterium tumefaciens phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 365-374

  Klüsener, Sonja ^a   Aktas, Meriyem ^a   Thormann, Kai M ^a,b   Wessel, Mirja ^a   Narberhaus, Franz ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHOLINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOLIPID METHYLTRANSFERASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; CDP DIACYLGLYCEROL CHOLINE O PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE; CDP-DIACYLGLYCEROL CHOLINE O-PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYL N METHYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PCS GENE; PHENOTYPE; PMTA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

CHOLINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LECITHINS; PHOSPHATIDYL-N-METHYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

EID: 58149503627     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01183-08     Document Type: Article

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