Homoserine lactone-mediated gene regulation in plant-associated bacteria

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue , 1998, Pages 207-225

  Pierson III, Leland S ^a   Wood, Derek W ^a   Pierson, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoinduction; Cell density dependent regulation; N acyl homoserine lactones; Plant microbe interactions; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0031663058     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.36.1.207     Document Type: Article

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