Optogenetic manipulation of cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) levels reveals the role of c-di-GMP in regulating aerotaxis receptor activity in Azospirillum brasilense

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 199, Issue 18, 2017, Pages

  O'Neal, Lindsey ^a   Ryu, Min Hyung ^b,c   Gomelsky, Mark ^b   Alexandre, Gladys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerotaxis; Azospirillum; c di GMP; Chemotaxis

Indexed keywords

BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CARBON; CYCLIC GMP; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LYASE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; OPTOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CARBON; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC GMP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; OPTOGENETICS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85027991914     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00020-17     Document Type: Article

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