Sigma factor RpoS controls alkylresorcinol synthesis through ArpR, a LysR-type regulatory protein, during encystment of Azotobacter vinelandii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1834-1844

  Romero, Yanet ^a   Moreno, Soledad ^a   Guzmán, Josefina ^a   Espín, Guadalupe ^a   Segura, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLRESORCINOL; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RESORCINOL; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARPR GENE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACYL COENZYME A; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESORCINOLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876071380     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01946-12     Document Type: Article

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