N-acyl-homoserine lactone-mediated quorum-sensing in Azospirillum: An exception rather than a rule

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-168

  Vial, Ludovic ^a   Cuny, Caroline ^a   Gluchoff Fiasson, Katia ^a   Comte, Gilles ^a   Oger, Phil M ^b,c   Faure, Denis ^b   Dessaux, Yves ^b   Bally, René ^a   Wisniewski Dyé, Florence ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Autoinducer; Azospirillum; Cell cell communication; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N 3 DECANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N 3 HYDROXYDECANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N 3 OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N 3 OXODECANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N 3 OXOOCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N3 HEXANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; GENE; HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RHIZOSPHERE; RICE;

ALPI GENE; ALPR GENE; ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM B518; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM TVV3; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LUXI GENE; LUXR GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYNTHESIS;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM;

EID: 33750036951     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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