Proteomic analysis of the quorum-sensing regulon in Pantoea stewartii and identification of direct targets of EsaR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6244-6252

  Ramachandran, Revathy ^a   Stevens, Ann M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL-HOMOSERINE LACTONES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; FOOTPRINTING ANALYSIS; HIGH CELL DENSITY; PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CHEMOTAXIS; COLONIZATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INFECTIVITY; LIGAND; MAIZE; MOBILITY; MOTILITY; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEOMICS; VIRULENCE; XYLEM;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESAR PROTEIN, PANTOEA STEWARTII; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PANTOEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PANTOEA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEOME; QUORUM SENSING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 84885049885     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01744-13     Document Type: Article

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