XCC2731, a GGDEF domain protein in Xanthomonas campestris, is involved in bacterial attachment and is positively regulated by Clp

Microbiological Research

Volumn 166, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 548-565

  Hsiao, Yi Min ^a   Liu, Yu Fan ^b   Fang, Mei Chiung ^a   Song, Wan Ling ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clp; Transcriptional regulation; Xanthomonas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; BLACK ROT; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; CLP; CYCLASES; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYMES; GEL RETARDATION; OSMOLARITY; OVER-EXPRESSION; OXYGEN LIMITATION; PHOSPHODIESTERASES; PHYTOPATHOGENS; REPORTER ANALYSIS; SECOND MESSENGER; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SURFACE ATTACHMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL FUSION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WILD TYPES; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLP PROTEIN, XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTILITY; MUTATION; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSICA; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRASSICA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLANT DISEASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 80052587723     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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