Effect of the hfq gene on 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol production and the PcoI/PcoR quorum-sensing system in Pseudomonas fluorescens 2P24

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-24

  Xiao Gang, Wu ^a   Hui Mei, Duan ^a   Tao, Tian ^a   Nan, Yao ^b   Hong You, Zhou ^c   Li Qun, Zhang ^a,b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2,4 Diacetylphloroglucinol; biofilm; Hfq; Pseudomonas fluorescens; quorum sensing; rhizosphere colonization

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIACETYLPHLOROGLUCINOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,4-DIACETYLPHLOROGLUCINOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOST FACTOR 1; PHLOROGLUCINOL;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HFQ GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PCOI GENE; PHLA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS 2P24; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOSPHERE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRULENCE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 77954360442     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02009.x     Document Type: Article

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