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Reactive oxygen species-inducible ECF M-OM-^C factor involved in singlet-oxygen responsiveness of Bradyrhizobium japonicum

ABSTRACT: Expression data from B. japonicum strains 110spc4 (wild type), 0202 (Dbll1028), 9688 (Dblr3038-39) grown micro-oxically unstressed or stressed with 2 mM H2O2 for 10 min and strain 9692 (Dblr3039) grown micro-oxically Comparative transcriptome analysis of B. japonicum strains 110spc4, 0202, 9688, and 9692 grown micro-oxically with or without exposure to 2 mM H2O2 for 10 min

ORGANISM(S): Bradyrhizobium japonicum

SUBMITTER: Hans-Martin Fischer

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-39165 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Reactive oxygen species-inducible ECF σ factors of Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

Masloboeva Nadezda N Reutimann Luzia L Stiefel Philipp P Follador Rainer R Leimer Nadja N Hennecke Hauke H Mesa Socorro S Fischer Hans-Martin HM

PloS one 20120816 8

Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factors control the transcription of genes involved in different cellular functions, such as stress responses, metal homeostasis, virulence-related traits, and cell envelope structure. The genome of Bradyrhizobium japonicum, the nitrogen-fixing soybean endosymbiont, encodes 17 putative ECF σ factors belonging to nine different ECF σ factor families. The genes for two of them, ecfQ (bll1028) and ecfF (blr3038), are highly induced in response to the reactive oxyge ...[more]

PMID: 22916258

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