The acyl-homoserine lactone-type quorum-sensing system modulates cell motility and virulence of Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1045-1053

  Hussain, Mumtaz B B M ^a   Zhang, Hai Bao ^a   Xu, Jin Ling ^a   Liu, Qiongguang ^b   Jiang, Zide ^b   Zhang, Lian Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE MUTATION; GERMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RICE; TRANSPOSON;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; QUORUM SENSING; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICOTYLEDONEAE; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; LILIOPSIDA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 38649136599     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01472-07     Document Type: Article

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