Chromosome and plasmid-encoded N-acyl homoserine lactones produced by Agrobacterium vitis wildtype and mutants that differ in their interactions with grape and tobacco

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 284-290

  Li, Yaxin ^a   Gronquist, Matthew R ^b   Hao, Guixia ^a   Holden, Michele R ^a   Eberhard, Anatol ^c   Scott, Russell A ^d   Savka, Michael A ^d   Szegedi, Erno ^e   Sule, Sandor ^f   Burr, Thomas J ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e FVM Szoleszeti es Boraszati Kutatointezete Kecskemet   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Autoinducer; Hypersensitive response; Quorum sensing; Rhizobiaceae

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM; VITIS SP.;

EID: 33746351076     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: 10961178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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