Article
Cellular responses during morphological transformation in Azospirillum brasilense and Its flcA knockout mutant.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Hou Xingsheng, McMillan Mary, Coumans Joëlle V F, Poljak Anne, Raftery Mark J, Pereg Lily
Abstract excerpt
FlcA is a response regulator controlling flocculation and the morphological transformation of Azospirillum cells from vegetative to cyst-like forms. To understand the cellular responses of Azospirillum to conditions that cause morphological transformation, proteins differentially expressed under flocculation conditions in A. brasilense Sp7 and its flcA knockout mutant were investigated. Comparison of 2-DE protein...
Topics
- Azospirillum brasilense
- Bacterial Proteins
- Carbohydrate Metabolism
- Congo Red
- Flocculation
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Knockout Techniques
- Mutation
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Phenotype
- Plant Roots
- Proteomics
- Stress, Physiological
- Transcription Factors