Characterization of the Biocontrol Activity of Pseudomonas fluorescens Strain X Reveals Novel Genes Regulated by Glucose

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Kremmydas, Gerasimos F ^a   Tampakaki, Anastasia P ^a   Georgakopoulos, Dimitrios G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GCD GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OEN READING FRAME 8 GENE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUP5 GENE; SUP6 GENE; SUPX GENE; SYNTENY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC LOCI; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PQQ COFACTOR; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM;

EID: 84876175309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061808     Document Type: Article

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