The effect of iron limitation on the transcriptome and proteome of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Lim, Chee Kent ^a   Hassan, Karl A ^a   Tetu, Sasha G ^a   Loper, Joyce E ^b   Paulsen, Ian T ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIACETYLPHLOROGLUCINOL; ENANTIO PYOCHELIN; FERROUS CHLORIDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ORFAMIDE A; PHLOROGLUCINOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN TONB; PYOVERDINE; PYRROLNITRIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L36; SIDEROPHORE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON BALANCE; IRON DEPLETION; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEOMICS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SWARMING MOTILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METABOLOME; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEOME; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SIDEROPHORES; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84862496171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039139     Document Type: Article

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