Blue-light-dependent inhibition of twitching motility in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1: Additive involvement of three BLUF-domain-containing proteins

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART 9, 2013, Pages 1828-1841

  Bitrian, Mariana ^a   González, Rodrigo H ^a   Paris, Gaston ^b   Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^c   Nudel, Clara B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUERCETIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWITCHING MOTILITY; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84883336050     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.069153-0     Document Type: Article

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