Temperature-dependent expression of phzM and its regulatory genes lasI and ptsP in rhizosphere isolate Pseudomonas sp. strain M18

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6568-6580

  Huang, Jiaofang ^a   Xu, Yuquan ^a   Zhang, Hongyan ^a   Li, Yaqian ^a   Huang, Xianqing ^a   Ren, Bin ^a   Zhang, Xuehong ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; HUMAN PATHOGENS; P.AERUGINOSA; PHENAZINE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SP; PYOCYANIN; QUANTITATIVE REAL TIME PCR; QUORUM-SENSING; REGULATORY GENES; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT EXPRESSIONS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL LEVELS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOILS;

STRAIN;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GENE PRODUCT; PHENAZINE; PHENAZINE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROCYANIN; PROTEIN LASI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NICHE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; REAL TIME; RHIZOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACZ GENE; LASI GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHZM GENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PTSP GENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; RHIZOSPHERE; RNA TRANSLATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CUCURBITACEAE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENAZINES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CUCUMIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 70349901073     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01148-09     Document Type: Article

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