Characterization of Five ECF Sigma Factors in the Genome of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Thakur, Poulami Basu ^a   Vaughn Diaz, Vanessa L ^a   Greenwald, Jessica W ^a   Gross, Dennis C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BETAINE; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; SYRINGOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION 11 GENE; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION 18 GENE; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION 5 GENE; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION 6 GENE; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION 7 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FABACEAE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IRON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REGULON; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGMA FACTOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOLUENE;

EID: 84875009521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058846     Document Type: Article

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