Effects of the antimicrobial peptide gomesin on the global gene expression profile, virulence and biofilm formation of Xylella fastidiosa

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-159

  Fogaça, Andréa C ^a   Zaini, Paulo A ^a   Wulff, Nelson A ^b   Da Silva, Patrícia I P ^a   Fázio, Marcos A ^c   Miranda, Antônio ^c   Daffre, Sirlei ^a   Da Silva, Aline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Gene expression profile; Microarray; Phytopathogen

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GOMESIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENDOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEMBRANE FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT DISEASES; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE; XYLELLA;

ARANEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; TARANTULA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 77951144895     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01950.x     Document Type: Article

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