Identification of the central quorum sensing regulator of virulence in the enteric phytopathogen, Erwinia carotovora: The VirR repressor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-125

  Burr, Tom ^a   Barnard, Anne M L ^a   Corbett, Mark J ^a   Pemberton, Clare L ^a   Simpson, Natalie J L ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N (3 OXOHEXANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN VIRR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHENOTYPE; POLYGALACTURONASE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

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

EID: 33645056466     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04939.x     Document Type: Article

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