RpoE2 of Sinorhizobium meliloti is necessary for trehalose synthesis and growth in hyperosmotic media

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1708-1718

  Flechard, Maud ^a   Fontenelle, Catherine ^a   Blanco, Carlos ^a   Goude, Renan ^a   Ermel, Gwennola ^a   Trautwetter, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN OTSA; PROTEIN RPOE2; SIGMA FACTOR; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE INDUCTION; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OTSA GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOE2 GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOLUTE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTATION; OSMOSIS; SIGMA FACTOR; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TREHALOSE;

EID: 77953212368     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.034850-0     Document Type: Article

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