Regulation of motility in erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora: Quorum-sensing signal controls FlhDC, the global regulator of flagellar and exoprotein genes, by modulating the production of RsmA, an RNA-binding protein

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1316-1323

  Chatterjee, Asita ^a   Cui, Yaya ^a   Chakrabarty, Pranjib ^a   Chatterjee, Arun K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RSMA PROTEIN, ERWINIA CAROTOVORA;

ARTICLE; CELERY; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APIUM GRAVEOLENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 77956767387     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-01-10-0017     Document Type: Article

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