Quorum sensing controls the synthesis virulence factors by modulating rsmA gene expression in Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 287-292

  Koiv V ^a   Mae A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Erwinia; Quorum sensing; RsmA; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN RSMA; PROTEIN RSMB; PROTEIN RSMC; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035045041     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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