The sensing of plant signal molecules by Agrobacterium: Genetic evidence for direct recognition of phenolic inducers by the VirA protein

Gene

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-88

  Lee, Yong Woog ^a   Jin, Shouguang ^a,c   Sim, Woong Seop ^b   Nester, Eugene W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Ti plasmid; vir genes; Vir induction

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYACETOPHENONE; ACETOSYRINGONE; BINDING PROTEIN; COUMARIC ACID; MONOSACCHARIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHENOLS; PLANT TUMORS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIR; VIRUSES (INFECTIVE AGENTS);

EID: 0030574279     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00328-9     Document Type: Article

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