Functional characterization of the quorum sensing regulator rsal in the plant-beneficial strain Pseudomonas putida WCS358

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 726-734

  Rampioni, Giordano ^a   Bertani, Iris ^b   Pillai, Cejoice Ramachandran ^a   Venturi, Vittorio ^b   Zennaro, Elisabetta ^a   Leoni, Livia ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING SEQUENCE; BIOFILM FORMATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; P.AERUGINOSA; PLANT PATHOGEN; PROTECTION ASSAY; PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUORUM-SENSING; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SIGNAL MOLECULES; STABLE COMPLEXES; SYNTHASE EXPRESSION; SYNTHASE GENE; SYNTHASES;

ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENES; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE;

BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; MOBILITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLANTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIDEROPHORES;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84856163119     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06442-11     Document Type: Article

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