An extracytoplasmic function sigma factor cotranscribed with its cognate anti-sigma factor confers tolerance to NaCl, ethanol and methylene blue in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 988-999

  Mishra, Mukti Nath ^a   Kumar, Santosh ^a   Gupta, Namrata ^a   Kaur, Simarjot ^a   Gupta, Ankush ^a   Tripathi, Anil K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; METHYLENE BLUE; PROTEIN CHRR; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPOE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE DELETION; GENE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; ETHANOL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; METHYLENE BLUE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 79953692694     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.046672-0     Document Type: Article

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