Physiological and transcriptional responses to osmotic stress of two Pseudomonas syringae strains that differ in epiphytic fitness and osmotolerance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 4742-4752

  Freeman, Brian C ^a,b   Chen, Chiliang ^a   Yu, Xilan ^a   Nielsen, Lindsey ^a,c   Peterson, Kelly ^a   Beattie, Gwyn A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; AMIDE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84885450296     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00787-13     Document Type: Article

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