Co-Dependent and Interdigitated: Dual Quorum Sensing Systems Regulate Conjugative Transfer of the Ti Plasmid and the At Megaplasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens 15955
I. S. Barton, J. L. Eagan, P. A. Nieves-Otero, I. P. Reynolds, T. G. Patt, C. Fuqua
This study shows that two quorum sensing systems in Agrobacterium tumefaciens co-regulate conjugative transfer of the Ti plasmid and the At megaplasmid through cross-activation and shared regulatory elements.
bioRxiv · Dec 15, 2020Microbiology