Efflux pump gene expression in Erwinia chrysanthemi is induced by exposure to phenolic acids

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-320

  Ravirala, Ramani S ^a   Barabote, Ravi D ^b   Wheeler, David M ^c   Reverchon, Sylvie ^d   Tatum, Ouwatha ^e   Malouf, Jeremy ^e   Liu, Hui ^f   Pritchard, Leighton ^f   Hedley, Peter E ^f   Birch, Paul R J ^f   Toth, Ian K ^f   Payton, Paxton ^c   San Francisco, Michael J D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acrA; Bacterial resistance; emrA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZOIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; EMRA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHICORY; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZOIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHICORY; CINNAMATES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PLANT LEAVES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALICYLIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI;

EID: 33847148073     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-20-3-0313     Document Type: Article

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