Genes expressed by the biological control bacterium Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 on seed surfaces under the control of the global regulators GacA and RpoS

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 716-735

  Kidarsa, Teresa A ^a   Shaffer, Brenda T ^a   Goebel, Neal C ^b   Roberts, Daniel P ^c   Buyer, Jeffrey S ^c   Johnson, Aaron ^d   Kobayashi, Donald Y ^e   Zabriskie, T Mark ^b   Paulsen, Ian ^f   Loper, Joyce E ^a  

^a HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GACA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BIOFILM; DNA MICROARRAY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PEA; PLANT SEED; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BIOFILMS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEAS; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULON; SEEDS; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PISUM SATIVUM; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84874672643     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12066     Document Type: Article

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