A widely conserved molecular switch controls quorum sensing and symbiosis island transfer in Mesorhizobium loti through expression of a novel antiactivator

ICEMlSymR7A of Mesorhizobium loti is an integrative and conjugative element (ICE) that confers the ability to form a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with Lotus species. Horizontal transfer is activated by TraR and N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL), which can stimulate ICE excision in 100% of cells. However,...

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Main Authors: Ramsay, Joshua, Major, A., Komarovsky, V., Sullivan, J., Dy, R., Hynes, M., Salmond, G., Ronson, C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32760