Mining Plants for Bacterial Quorum Sensing Modulators

Shimrit David, Aviad Mandabi, Shaked Uzi, Asaph Aharoni, Michael M. Meijler

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Abstract

The bacterial plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens uses quorum sensing (QS) in order to regulate the transfer of DNA into the host plant genome, and this results in the induction of crown gall tumors. The deleterious results of these infections are widespread and affect many species of fruit and crops. In order to further our understanding of this process and to provide potential solutions, we evaluated a library of 3800 natural products from plant sources and identified potent compounds that are able to strongly modulate plant-bacterial interactions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)247-252
Number of pages6
JournalACS Chemical Biology
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Jan 2018

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine

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