Quorum-sensing system affects gall development incited by Pantoea agglomerans pv. gypsophilae

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1094-1105

  Chalupowicz, Laura ^a,b   Manulis Sasson, Shulamit ^a   Itkin, Maxim ^b   Sacher, Ayelet ^b   Sessa, Guido ^b   Barash, Isaac ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pathogenicity island; pPATHPab; pPATHPag

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; LUXI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; N BUTYRYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N HEXANOYL L HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-BUTYRYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-HEXANOYL-L-HOMOSERINE LACTONE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PANTOEA; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT TUMOR; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANTOEA; PLANT TUMORS; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GYPSOPHILA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS PV. GYPSOPHILAE; SERRATIA; SERRATIA SP.;

EID: 49449097857     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-8-1094     Document Type: Article

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