Phosphorus limitation increases attachment in Agrobacterium tumefaciens and reveals a conditional functional redundancy in adhesin biosynthesis

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 674-684

  Xu, Jing ^a   Kim, Jinwoo ^a   Danhorn, Thomas ^b   Merritt, Peter M ^c   Fuqua, Clay ^c  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Biofilm; PhoR PhoB; Phosphate limitation

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; PHOR KINASE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYISOPRENYLPHOSPHATE HEXOSE 1 PHOSPHATE TRANSFERASE; PROTEIN PHOB; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; REGULON; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; PHOSPHORUS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84870730978     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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