Novel roles of soxR, a transcriptional regulator from Xanthomonas campestris, in sensing redox-cycling drugs and regulating a protective gene that have overall implications for bacterial stress physiology and virulence on a host plant

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-217

  Mahavihakanont, Aekkapol ^a,c   Charoenlap, Nisanart ^a   Namchaiw, Poommaree ^b   Eiamphungporn, Warawan ^a,c   Chattrakarn, Sorayut ^b   Vattanaviboon, Paiboon ^a,b   Mongkolsuk, Skorn ^a,c,d  

^a Chulabhorn Research Institute   (Thailand)

^b Toxicology and Management of Chemicals   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Center of Excellence on Environmental Health   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOXR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REDOX STRESS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RAPHANUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

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

EID: 84855891357     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05603-11     Document Type: Article

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