Quorum sensing inhibitors as antipathogens: biotechnological applications

VC Kalia, SKS Patel, YC Kang, JK Lee - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
The mechanisms through which microbes communicate using signal molecules has inspired
a great deal of research. Microbes use this exchange of information, known as quorum …

Quorum quenching: role in nature and applied developments

C Grandclément, M Tannières, S Moréra… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Quorum sensing (QS) refers to the capacity of bacteria to monitor their population density
and regulate gene expression accordingly: the QS-regulated processes deal with …

Salicylic acid in relation to other phytohormones in plant: A study towards physiology and signal transduction under challenging environment

Y Arif, F Sami, H Siddiqui, A Bajguz, S Hayat - … and Experimental Botany, 2020 - Elsevier
Plant hormones play a vital role in promoting growth, development and metabolism of the
plant, as well as act as a protector against various environmental stresses. In particular …

Indole-3-acetic acid in plant–microbe interactions

D Duca, J Lorv, CL Patten, D Rose, BR Glick - Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is an important phytohormone with the capacity to control
plant development in both beneficial and deleterious ways. The ability to synthesize IAA is …

Exploiting quorum sensing to confuse bacterial pathogens

B LaSarre, MJ Federle - Microbiology and molecular biology …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cell-cell communication, or quorum sensing, is a widespread phenomenon in bacteria that
is used to coordinate gene expression among local populations. Its use by bacterial …

Bacterial community assembly based on functional genes rather than species

C Burke, P Steinberg, D Rusch… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
The principles underlying the assembly and structure of complex microbial communities are
an issue of long-standing concern to the field of microbial ecology. We previously analyzed …

γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) signalling in plants

SA Ramesh, SD Tyerman, M Gilliham, B Xu - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2017 - Springer
The role of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) as a signal in animals has been documented for
over 60 years. In contrast, evidence that GABA is a signal in plants has only emerged in the …

Food legumes and rising temperatures: effects, adaptive functional mechanisms specific to reproductive growth stage and strategies to improve heat tolerance

K Sita, A Sehgal, B HanumanthaRao, RM Nair… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Ambient temperatures are predicted to rise in the future owing to several reasons associated
with global climate changes. These temperature increases can result in heat stress-a severe …

The birth of a giant: evolutionary insights into the origin of auxin responses in plants

VP Carrillo‐Carrasco, J Hernandez‐Garcia… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
The plant signaling molecule auxin is present in multiple kingdoms of life. Since its
discovery, a century of research has been focused on its action as a phytohormone. In land …

The roles of plant phenolics in defence and communication during Agrobacterium and Rhizobium infection

A Bhattacharya, P Sood… - Molecular plant pathology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Phenolics are aromatic benzene ring compounds with one or more hydroxyl groups
produced by plants mainly for protection against stress. The functions of phenolic …