Structure, function, and evolution of bacterial ATP-binding cassette systems

AL Davidson, E Dassa, C Orelle… - … and molecular biology …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY ATP-binding cassette (ABC) systems are universally distributed among living
organisms and function in many different aspects of bacterial physiology. ABC transporters …

Protein phosphorylation and regulation of adaptive responses in bacteria

JB Stock, AJ Ninfa, AM Stock - Microbiological reviews, 1989 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria continuously adapt to changes in their environment. Responses are largely
controlled by signal transduction systems that contain two central enzymatic components, a …

Disease resistance and abiotic stress tolerance in rice are inversely modulated by an abscisic acid–inducible mitogen-activated protein kinase

L Xiong, Y Yang - The Plant Cell, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades play an important role in mediating
stress responses in eukaryotic organisms. However, little is known about the role of MAPKs …

RPS2 of Arabidopsis thaliana: a Leucine-Rich Repeat Class of Plant Disease Resistance Genes

AF Bent, BN Kunkel, D Dahlbeck, KL Brown, R Schmidt… - Science, 1994 - science.org
Plant disease resistance genes function in highly specific pathogen recognition pathways.
RPS2 is a resistance gene of Arabidopsis thaliana that confers resistance against …

In vivo analysis of plant promoters and transcription factors by agroinfiltration of tobacco leaves

Y Yang, R Li, M Qi - The Plant Journal, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
A convenient, Agrobacterium‐mediated transient expression assay has been evaluated for
rapid analysis of plant promoters and transcription factors in vivo. By simple infiltration of …

The ABC of ABCs: a phylogenetic and functional classification of ABC systems in living organisms

E Dassa, P Bouige - Research in microbiology, 2001 - Elsevier
ATP binding cassette (ABC) systems constitute one of the most abundant superfamilies of
proteins. They are involved not only in the transport of a wide variety of substances, but also …

The bases of crown gall tumorigenesis

J Zhu, PM Oger, B Schrammeijer… - Journal of …, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
The nine decades since Smith and Townsend demonstrated that Agrobacterium
tumefaciens causes plant tumors (95) have been marked by a series of surprises. Among …

New insights into an old story: Agrobacterium‐induced tumour formation in plants by plant transformation

A Pitzschke, H Hirt - The EMBO Journal, 2010 - embopress.org
Agrobacterium tumefaciens causes tumour formation in plants. Plant signals induce in the
bacteria the expression of a range of virulence (Vir) proteins and the formation of a type IV …

Agrobacterium: nature's genetic engineer

EW Nester - Frontiers in plant science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Agrobacterium was identified as the agent causing the plant tumor, crown gall over 100
years ago. Since then, studies have resulted in many surprising observations. Armin Braun …

Sugars induce the Agrobacterium virulence genes through a periplasmic binding protein and a transmembrane signal protein.

GA Cangelosi, RG Ankenbauer… - Proceedings of the …, 1990 - National Acad Sciences
Phenolic plant metabolites such as acetosyringone induce transcription of the virulence (vir)
genes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens through the transmembrane VirA protein. We report …