Diffusible signal factor-mediated quorum sensing plays a central role in coordinating gene expression of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-179

  Guo, Yinping ^a   Zhang, Yanping ^b   Li, Jian Liang ^c   Wang, Nian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PLANT RNA; RPFC PROTEIN, XANTHOMONAS; RPFG PROTEIN, XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CITRUS; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GRAPEFRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITRUS; CITRUS PARADISI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; RNA, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI;

EID: 84862928792     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-07-11-0184     Document Type: Article

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