Evidence for signaling between the phytopathogenic fungus Pythium ultimum and Pseudomonas fluorescens F113: P. ultimum Represses the expression of genes in P. fluorescens F113, resulting in altered ecological fitness

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4261-4266

  Fedi, S ^a   Tola, E ^a   Moenne Loccoz Y ^a,b   Dowling, D N ^a,c   Smith, L M ^a   O'Gara, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ECOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM;

EID: 0030697961     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4261-4266.1997     Document Type: Article

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