Characterization of a two-component regulatory system that regulates succinate-mediated catabolite repression in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5725-5735

  Garcia, Preston P ^a,b   Bringhurst, Ryan M ^a,c   Pinedo, Catalina Arango ^a,d   Gage, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Castleton State College   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDE; LACTOSE; MALTOSE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; RAFFINOSE; SUCCINIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WILD TYPE; ALFALFA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SYMBIOSIS;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTOSE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SUCCINATES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 78049371036     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00629-10     Document Type: Article

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