Identification and genetics of 6-thioguanine secreted by Erwinia species and its interference with the growth of other bacteria

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 215-223

  Wensing, A ^a   Gernold, M ^a   Jock, S ^a   Jansen, R ^b   Geider, K ^a  

^a Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; E. coli inhibition; Gene expression; HPLC MS analysis

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMINO ACID; COPPER; GUANINE; PIGMENT; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; TIOGUANINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA BILLINGIAE; ERWINIA PERSICINA; ERWINIA PYRIFOLIAE; ERWINIA RHAPONTICI; ERWINIA TASMANIENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GIBBSIELLA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; PURINE METABOLISM; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; RAHNELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUPERNATANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA BILLINGIAE; ERWINIA PERSICINA; ERWINIA PYRIFOLIAE; ERWINIA RHAPONTICI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PECTOBACTERIUM; RAHNELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; THIOGUANINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84898057054     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-013-0805-1     Document Type: Article

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