Quorum Sensing in Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2003, Pages 455-482

  Von Bodman, Susanne B ^a   Bauer, W Dietz ^b   Coplin, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoinducer; Bacterial signaling; Cell cell communication; Homoserine lactone; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL COMMUNICATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0242592425     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.41.052002.095652     Document Type: Review

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