The multifaceted roles of the interspecies signalling molecule indole in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1234-1244

  Lee, Jin Hyung ^a   Kim, Yong Guy ^a   Baek, Kwang Hyun ^a   Cho, Moo Hwan ^a   Lee, Jintae ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; INDOLES; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84926407701     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12560     Document Type: Article

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