Protection of sinorhizobium against host cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides is critical for symbiosis

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Haag, Andreas F ^a   Baloban, Mikhail ^b   Sani, Monica ^c,d   Kerscher, Bernhard ^a   Pierre, Olivier ^b   Farkas, Attila ^e   Longhi, Renato ^c   Boncompagni, Eric ^b   Hérouart, Didier ^b   Dall'Angelo, Sergio ^a   Kondorosi, Eva ^b,f   Zanda, Matteo ^a,c   Mergaert, Peter ^b   Ferguson, Gail P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d KemoTech srl   (Italy)

^e BAY ZOLTÁN NONPROFIT LTD FOR APPLIED RESEARCH   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NODULE SPECIFIC CYSTEINE RICH ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN BACA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BARREL MEDIC; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGUME; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 80055041906     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001169     Document Type: Article

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