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Cooperation of two distinct ExpR regulators controls quorum sensing specificity and virulence in the plant pathogen Erwinia carotovora.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jun 2006
Sjöblom Solveig, Brader Günter, Koch Gudrun, Palva E Tapio
Abstract excerpt
Quorum sensing, the population density-dependent regulation mediated by N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHSL), is essential for the control of virulence in the plant pathogen Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora (Ecc). In Erwinia carotovora ssp. the AHSL signal with an acyl chain of either 6 or 8 carbons is generated by an AHSL synthase, the expI gene product. This work demonstrates that the AHSL receptor, ExpR1, of Ecc...
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