Transcriptome analysis revealed that a quorum sensing system regulates the transfer of the pAt megaplasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

BMC Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mhedbi Hajri, Nadia ^a   Yahiaoui, Noura ^a,c   Mondy, Samuel ^a,d   Hue, Nathalie ^b   Pélissier, Franck ^b   Faure, Denis ^a   Dessaux, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Acylhomoserine lactone; Agrobacterium; At plasmid; Conjugation; Dtr system; Quorum sensing; T4SS; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOSPHERE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOMATO; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC FITNESS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PLASMIDS; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84982306162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3007-5     Document Type: Article

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