The expression of stlA in Photorhabdus luminescens is controlled by nutrient limitation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Lango Scholey, Lea ^a   Brachmann, Alexander O ^b   Bode, Helge B ^b   Clarke, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; STLA GENE; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TYRR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHOTORHABDUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84896699641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082152     Document Type: Article

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