Multiple-Level Regulation of 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol Production by the Sigma Regulator PsrA in Pseudomonas fluorescens 2P24

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Xiaogang ^a   Liu, Jiucheng ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Liqun ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIACETYLPHLOROGLUCINOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PSRA; PROTEIN RSMA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHLA GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSRA GENE; RSMA GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; OPERON; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 84870531496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050149     Document Type: Article

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