Genetics of germination-arrest factor (GAF) production by Pseudomonas fluorescens WH6: Identification of a gene cluster essential for GAF biosynthesis

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-45

  Halgren, Anne ^a   Maselko, Maciej ^a   Azevedo, Mark ^a   Mills, Dallice ^b   Armstrong, Donald ^b   Banowetz, Gary ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; FORMYLTRANSFERASE; GERMINATION ARREST FACTOR; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC SCREENING; GNTR GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IOPB GENE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRTR GENE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLYCINE; GROWTH INHIBITORS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 84871677224     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.062166-0     Document Type: Article

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