Global analysis of cell cycle gene expression of the legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3217-3224

  De Nisco, Nicole J ^a   Abo, Ryan P ^a   Wu, C Max ^a   Penterman, Jon ^a   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha proteobacteria; Cell cycle regulation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GENE EXPRESSION; LEGUME; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ALPHA-PROTEOBACTERIA; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CELL CYCLE; FABACEAE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPLOIDY; REGULON; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84895790680     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400421111     Document Type: Article

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