Phenotypic switching in Pseudomonas brassicacearum involves GacS- and GacA-dependent Rsm small RNAs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1658-1665

  Lalaouna, David ^a,b,c   Fochesato, Sylvain ^a,b,c   Sanchez, Lisa ^a,b,c,g   Schmitt Kopplin, Philippe ^d,e   Haas, Dieter ^f   Heulin, Thierry ^a,b,c   Achouak, Wafa ^a,b,c  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,4-DIACETYLPHLOROGLUCINOL; ANTI-FUNGAL; BIOFILM FORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSIONS; DOWN-REGULATION; EXO-ENZYMES; FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY; IN-VITRO; NATURAL CONDITIONS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NON-CODING DNA; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHENOTYPIC SWITCHING; ROOT COLONIZATION; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SMALL RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS; WILD TYPES;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOCONTROL; CYANIDES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MACHINERY; RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; GACA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LEMA PROTEIN, BACTERIAL; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; CYANIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRAGMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA; ROOT COLONIZATION; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS BRASSICACEARUM;

EID: 84857809191     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06769-11     Document Type: Article

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