Antimicrobial nodule-specific cysteine-rich peptides induce membrane depolarization-associated changes in the transcriptome of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 6737-6746

  Tiricz, Hilda ^a   Szücs, Attila ^a   Farkas, Attila ^a   Pap, Bernadett ^a   Lima, Rui M ^a   Maróti, Gergely ^a   Kondorosi, Éva ^a,b   Kereszt, Attila ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL SPECTRA; BACTERICIDAL ACTION; ENDOSYMBIOTIC BACTERIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TERMINAL DIFFERENTIATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; GENES; NITROGEN FIXATION; TRANSCRIPTION;

PEPTIDES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLADISTICS; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE; POLARIZATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CYSTEINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYSTEINE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPIDIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84886919367     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01791-13     Document Type: Article

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