Type II quorum sensing regulates virulence in Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-234

  Laasik, Eve ^a   Andresen, Liis ^a   Mäe, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Phytopathogenic bacteria; Type II quorum sensing; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ERWINIA; LUXS GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 33646252681     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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