Conjugal transfer of the Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 symbiotic plasmid is governed through the concerted action of one- and two-component signal transduction regulators

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 811-821

  Nogales, Joaquina ^a   Blanca Ordóñez, Helena ^a   Olivares, José ^a   Sanjuán, Juan ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI 1021;

EID: 84874742032     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12073     Document Type: Article

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