Quorum sensing-controlled Evr regulates a conserved cryptic pigment biosynthetic cluster and a novel phenomycin-like locus in the plant pathogen, Pectobacterium carotovorumem

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1811-1827

  Williamson, Neil R ^a   Commander, Paul M B ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PHENOMYCIN; PIGMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POTATO; QUORUM SENSING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PEPTIDES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78049419300     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02170.x     Document Type: Article

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