Transcriptome profiling of a Sinorhizobium meliloti fadD mutant reveals the role of rhizobactin 1021 biosynthesis and regulation genes in the control of swarming

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Nogales, Joaquina ^a   Domínguez Ferreras, Ana ^a   Amaya Gómez, Carol V ^a   van Dillewijn, Pieter ^a   Cuéllar, Virginia ^a   Sanjuán, Juan ^a   Olivares, José ^a   Soto, María J ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PSYMA PROTEIN; RHIZOBACTIN 1021; RIRA PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKENE; BACTERIAL RNA; CITRIC ACID; RHIZOBACTIN-1021;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; IRON TRANSPORT; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWARMING; UPREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; PLASMID;

RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ALKENES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITRATES; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLASMIDS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 77951150195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-157     Document Type: Article

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