The Ti plasmid of Agrobactetium tumefaciens harbors an attM-paralogous gene, aiiB, also encoding N-acyl homoserine lactonase activity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4989-4993

  Carlier, A ^a   Uroz, S ^a   Smadja, B ^b   Fray, R ^c   Latour, X ^b   Dessaux, Y ^a   Faure, D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; TITANIUM;

PLASMIDS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROLASE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONASE; N ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE HYDROLASE; PLASMID VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBOXYLESTERASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONASE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AIIA GENE; AIIB GENE; ARTICLE; ATTM GENE; ATTM PARALOGOUS GENE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT TUMOR-INDUCING PLASMIDS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

EID: 0043030084     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4989-4993.2003     Document Type: Article

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