The stationary phase sigma factor, RpoS, regulates the production of a carbapenem antibiotic, a bioactive prodigiosin and virulence in the enterobacterial pathogen Serratia sp. ATCC 39006

Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 648-658

  Wilf, Nabil M ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CELLULASE; CHAPERONE; PECTATE LYASE; PRODIGIOSIN; PROTEIN HFQ; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DELETION MUTANT; METABOLISM; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBAPENEMS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; PRODIGIOSIN; SERRATIA; SIGMA FACTOR; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA SP. ATCC 39006; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84857709430     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.055780-0     Document Type: Article

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