Quorum sensing in the plant pathogen Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora: The role of expR(Ecc)

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 384-393

  Andersson, Robert A ^a   Eriksson, Anders R B ^a   Heikinheimo, Riikka ^a,e   Mäe, Andres ^b   Pirhonen, Minna ^a   Kõiv, Viia ^b   Hyytiäinen, Heidi ^c   Tuikkala, Anne ^c   Palva, E Tapio ^c,d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e National Technology Agency of Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL MUTANT; ERWINIA; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; N (3 OXOHEXANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; OPEN READING FRAME; PANTOEA STEWARTII; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ERWINIA STEWARTII; PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII SUBSP. STEWARTII; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 0034108369     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.4.384     Document Type: Article

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