Co-regulation of Xanthomonas campestris virulence by quorum sensing and a novel two-component regulatory system RavS/RavR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1464-1476

  He, Ya Wen ^a   Boon, Calvin ^a   Zhou, Lian ^a   Zhang, Lian Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC DI GMP; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; PROTEIN RAVR; PROTEIN RAVS; PROTEIN RPFG; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DELETION MUTANT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL DETECTION; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XCC GENE;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MUTATION; OXYGEN; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 62449135056     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06617.x     Document Type: Article

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