Figure 11. Small molecules modulate the transcriptional activity of LdtR_Las in infected sweet orange leaves.

The expression levels of 16S RNA_Las (A) or rplJ_Las (B) were assessed to monitor the viability of ‘Ca. L. asiaticus’ on the infected leaves upon treatment with the small molecules. The plant gene cox2 was used to normalize the expression values between samples. The effect of the small molecules on the transcriptional activity of ldtR_Las (C) or ldtP_Las (D) genes was evaluated after 6 and 24 h (light and dark gray, respectively) of incubation with the small molecules. (* p<0.05; ** p<0.005).