Identification of direct transcriptional target genes of ExoS/ChvI two-component signaling in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6833-6842

  Chen, Esther J ^a   Fisher, Robert F ^b   Perovich, Virginia M ^a   Sabio, Erich A ^a   Long, Sharon R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; SPACER DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENE CHVI; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 70350440302     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00734-09     Document Type: Article

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