A signaling pathway involving the diguanylate cyclase CelR and the response regulator DivK controls cellulose synthesis in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1257-1274

  Barnhart, D Michael ^a   Su, Shengchang ^a,b   Farrand, Stephen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELLULOSE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84894367283     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01446-13     Document Type: Article

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