title: Enhancing effect of 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetic acid on transcription of the ice nucleation-active gene of Xanthomonas campestris.
abstract: Cultivation of an ice nucleation-active strain of Xanthomonas campestris in the presence (1 ppm) of 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetic acid resulted in enhancement of its ice-nucleation activity. Both the ice-nucleation-active protein, InaX, and its mRNA were effectively expressed in the bacterial cells cultured in the presence of this compound. This indicates that this compound stimulated the biosynthesis of the ice-nucleation-active protein.
authors.affiliation: Food Science Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Michigami
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005615:Freezing; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010648:Phenylacetates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D016959:Xanthomonas campestris / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C066631:InaX protein, Xanthomonas campestris; D009596:Nitrophenols; D010648:Phenylacetates; C026242:4-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl acetic acid