Discovery of plant phenolic compounds that act as type III secretion system inhibitors or inducers of the fire blight pathogen, erwinia amylovora

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 5424-5436

  Khokhani, Devanshi ^a   Zhang, Chengfang ^b   Li, Yan ^c   Wang, Qi ^c   Zeng, Quan ^a,d   Yamazaki, Akihiro ^a,e   Hutchins, William ^a   Zhou, Shan Shan ^b   Chen, Xin ^b   Yang, Ching Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; FLOW CYTOMETRY ASSAYS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

PATHOGENS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BIOASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INHIBITOR; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SECRETION; VIRULENCE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PLANT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84884277177     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00845-13     Document Type: Article

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