Bacterial subfamily of LuxR regulators that respond to plant compounds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4579-4588

  Subramoni, Sujatha ^a,f   Gonzalez, Juan F ^a   Johnson, Aaron ^b   Péchy Tarr, Maria ^d   Rochat, Laure'ne ^d   Paulsen, Ian ^c   Loper, Joyce E ^e   Keel, Christoph ^d   Venturi, Vittorio ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,4-DIACETYLPHLOROGLUCINOL; A PLANTS; ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS; ANTIMICROBIAL FUNCTIONS; BIOSYNTHETIC GENE; CHITINASE GENES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; GENE PROMOTER; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; IRON METABOLISM; PLANT COMPOUNDS; PLANT PATHOGEN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; RHIZOBACTERIA; ROOT ROT; TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS; WHEAT PLANTS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONTROL; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE EXPRESSION;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; INHIBITION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RHIZOBACTERIUM; ROOT ROT; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM; WHEAT;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; RHIZOBIALES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79960078824     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00183-11     Document Type: Article

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