The regulation of virulence in phytopathogenic Erwinia species: Quorum sensing, anti-biotics and ecological considerations

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 223-231

  Whitehead, Neil A ^a   Byers, Joseph T ^a   Commander, Paul ^a   Corbelt, Mark J ^a   Coulthurst, Sarah J ^a   Everson, Lee ^a   Harris, Abigail K P ^a   Pemberton, Clare L ^a   Simpson, Natalie J L ^a   Slater, Holly ^a   Smith, Debra S ^a   Welch, Martin ^a   Williamson, Neil ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Erwinia; Exoenzyme regulation; Quorum sensing; Secondary metabolites; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; EXOENZYME; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL SOFT ROT; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ECOLOGY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHENOTYPE; POTATO BLACKLEG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBAPENEMS; ECOSYSTEM; ERWINIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLANT DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 18744380048     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020570802717     Document Type: Article

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