SlyA, a MarR family transcriptional regulator, is essential for virulence in Dickeya dadantii 3937

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5409-5418

  Haque, M Manjurul ^a,b   Kabir, M Shahinur ^a   Aini, Luqman Qurata ^a   Hirata, Hisae ^a   Tsuyumu, Shinji ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; PECTATE LYASE; PHOP PROTEIN; POLYMYXIN B; PROTAMINE; PROTEIN SLYA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICKEYA DADANTII; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; OXIDANTS; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMYXIN B; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA DADANTII; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 68949147833     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00240-09     Document Type: Article

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