Kevin R. Piper

Conjugation factor of Agrobacterium tumefaciens regulates Ti plasmid transfer by autoinduction

Kevin R. Piper, Susanne B. von Bodman, Stephen K. Farrand · Nature · 1993 · 508 citations

Life Sciences, Agricultural Biotechnology, Genetics +14

TraI, a LuxI homologue, is responsible for production of conjugation factor, the Ti plasmid N-acylhomoserine lactone autoinducer.

Ingyu Hwang, P L Li, Li Zhang et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1994 · 222 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +16

TraG from RP4 and TraG and VirD4 from Ti Plasmids Confer Relaxosome Specificity to the Conjugal Transfer System of pTiC58

Claire M. Hamilton, Hyewon Lee, Peili Li et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2000 · 124 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16

Hierarchical gene regulatory systems arising from fortuitous gene associations: controlling quorum sensing by the opine regulon in <i>Agrobacterium</i>

Kevin R. Piper, Susanne B. von Bodman, Ingyu Hwang et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 1999 · 95 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

Octopine‐type Ti plasmids code for a mannopine‐inducible dominant‐negative allele of <i>traR</i>, the quorum‐sensing activator that regulates Ti plasmid conjugal transfer

Philippe Oger, Kun‐Soo Kim, Rebecca L. Sackett et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 1998 · 91 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics +17