FxkR provides the missing link in the fixl-fixk signal transduction cascade in Rhizobium etli CFN42

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1506-1517

  Zamorano Sánchez, David ^a   Reyes González, Alma ^a   Gómez Hernández, Nicolás ^a,b   Rivera, Patricia ^a   Georgellis, Dimitris ^c   Girard, Lourdes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84867340610     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-05-12-0136-R     Document Type: Article

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