RNA sequencing analysis of the broad-host-range strain sinorhizobium fredii NGR234 Identifies a large set of genes linked to quorum sensing-dependent regulation in the background of a trai and ngri deletion mutant

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 5655-5671

  Krysciak, Dagmar ^a   Grote, Jessica ^a   Orbegoso, Mariita Rodriguez ^a   Utpatel, Christian ^a   Förstner, Konrad U ^b   Li, Lei ^b   Schmeisser, Christel ^a   Krishnan, Hari B ^c   Streit, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIUM; CO-REGULATED GENES; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; N-ACYL-HOMOSERINE-LACTONES; NITROGEN-FIXING NODULES; PYRROLOQUINOLINE QUINONE; TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

GENES;

BACTERIUM; CATABOLISM; CYTOCHROME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HOST RANGE; NODULATION; PLASMID; RNA; SECRETION;

BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; LIGASE; N-ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII;

BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOST SPECIFICITY; LIGASES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII;

EID: 84906351618     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01835-14     Document Type: Article

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