Regulation of exopolysaccharide synthesis in Rhizobium sp. strain TAL1145 involves an alternative sigma factor gene, rpoH2

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3473-3482

  Kaufusi, Pakieli H ^a   Forsberg, L Scott ^b   Tittabutr, Panlada ^a   Borthakur, Dulal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITROGEN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LEGUME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM SP.;

EID: 6444227760     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27092-0     Document Type: Article

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