Article
The lux autoinducer regulates the production of exoenzyme virulence determinants in Erwinia carotovora and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
The EMBO journal - 1 Jun 1993
Jones S, Yu B, Bainton N J, Birdsall M, Bycroft B W, Chhabra S R, Cox A J, Golby P, Reeves P J, Stephens S
Abstract excerpt
Erwinia carotovora and Pseudomonas aeruginosa secrete exoenzymes that contribute to the pathogenesis of plant and mammalian infections respectively. E.carotovora mutants defective in synthesis of the pectinase, cellulase and protease exoenzymes were isolated and classified into two groups. Group 2 mutants were found to be defective in the production of a small freely diffusible molecule,...
Topics
- 4-Butyrolactone
- Enzymes
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Gene Products, rex
- Genes, Bacterial
- Mutation
- Pancreatic Elastase
- Pectobacterium carotovorum
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Virulence
