Autoregulation of Sinorhizobium meliloti exoR gene expression

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2092-2101

  Lu, Hai Yang ^a,b   Cheng, Hai Ping ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOR PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEGIBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 77954569366     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.038547-0     Document Type: Article

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