Agrobacterium Uses a Unique Ligand-Binding Mode for Trapping Opines and Acquiring A Competitive Advantage in the Niche Construction on Plant Host

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Lang, Julien ^a   Vigouroux, Armelle ^b   Planamente, Sara ^a,b   El Sahili, Abbas ^a,b   Blin, Pauline ^a   Aumont Nicaise, Magali ^c   Dessaux, Yves ^a   Moréra, Solange ^b   Faure, Denis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOPALINE; OPINE; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PYRONOPALINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGAND;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIGAND BINDING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT TUMOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; X RAY ANALYSIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID;

AGROBACTERIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGANDS; PLANT TUMORS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84908352092     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004444     Document Type: Article

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