Concentration of osmoregulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs) modulates the activation level of the RcsCD RcsB phosphorelay in the phytopathogen bacteria Dickeya dadantii

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 881-894

  Bontemps Gallo, Sébastien ^a,b   Madec, Edwige ^a,b   Dondeyne, Jacqueline ^a,b   Delrue, Brigitte ^b   Robbe Masselot, Catherine ^a,b   Vidal, Olivier ^a,b   Prouvost, Anne France ^a,b,c   Boussemart, Gilles ^a,b,d   Bohin, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Lacroix, Jean Marie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c VitamFero   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; VIRULENCE;

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCANS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOREGULATION; PERIPLASM; PLANTS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA DADANTII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84874738583     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12054     Document Type: Article

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