Inactivation of the transcriptional regulator-encoding gene SdiA enhances rice root colonization and biofilm formation in enterobacter cloacae GS1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-45

  Shankar, Manoharan ^a   Ponraj, Paramasivan ^a   Illakkiam, Devaraj ^a   Rajendhran, Jeyaprakash ^a   Gunasekaran, Paramasamy ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; SDIA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT ROOT; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOSPHERE; RICE;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT ROOTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE;

EID: 84872007717     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01236-12     Document Type: Article

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