Virulence quenching with a prenylated isoflavanone renders the Malagasy legume Dalbergia pervillei resistant to Rhodococcus fascians

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1236-1252

  Rajaonson, Sanda ^a,b   Vandeputte, Olivier M ^a   Vereecke, Danny ^c   Kiendrebeogo, Martin ^a,d   Ralambofetra, Eliane ^b   Stévigny, Caroline ^a   Duez, Pierre ^a   Rabemanantsoa, Christian ^e   Mol, Adeline ^a   Diallo, Billo ^a   Baucher, Marie ^a   El Jaziri, Mondher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^e INSTITUT MALGACHE DE RECHERCHES APPLIQUÉES   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (2,3 DIHYDROXY 4 METHOXYPHENYL) 8 (3,7 DIMETHYLOCTA 2,6 DIENYL) 5,7 DIHYDROXY 2,3 DIHYDROCHROMEN 4 ONE; 3-(2,3-DIHYDROXY-4-METHOXYPHENYL)-8-(3,7-DIMETHYLOCTA-2,6-DIENYL)-5,7-DIHYDROXY-2,3-DIHYDROCHROMEN-4-ONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ISOFLAVANONE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; BARK; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DALBERGIA; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT TUMOR; PRENYLATION; RHODOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DALBERGIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ISOFLAVONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOTERPENES; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT TUMORS; PRENYLATION; RHODOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DALBERGIA; FABACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS FASCIANS;

EID: 79955045327     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02424.x     Document Type: Article

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