The Azotobacter vinelandii Response Regulator AlgR Is Essential for Cyst Formation
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The Azotobacter vinelandii response regulator AlgR is essential for cyst formation.
Azotobacter vinelandii produces the exopolysaccharide alginate, which is essential for the encystment process. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as well as in A. vinelandii, the sigmaE factor encoded by algU is required for transcription of algD, which encodes a key enzyme of the alginate biosynthetic pathway. The P. aeruginosa response regulator AlgR activates transcription of algD. fimS, located ups...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.1.141-148.1999