Dual control of Sinorhizobium meliloti RpoE2 sigma factor activity by two PhyR-type two-component response regulators

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2255-2265

  Bastiat, Bénédicte ^a   Sauviac, Laurent ^a   Bruand, Claude ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RPOE2 PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STIMULUS; STRESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 77950651423     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01666-09     Document Type: Article

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