Bacterial LuxR solos have evolved to respond to different molecules including signals from plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Patel, Hitendra K ^a   Suárez Moreno, Zulma R ^a,b   Degrassi, Giuliano ^a   Subramoni, Sujatha ^a   González, Juan F ^a,c   Venturi, Vittorio ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interkingdom signaling; LuxR solos; N acyl homoserine lactones; Plant signals; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900844629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00447     Document Type: Review

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