A novel widespread interkingdom signaling circuit

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 167-174

  González, Juan F ^a   Venturi, Vittorio ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 84875249804     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.09.007     Document Type: Review

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