How the bacterial plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria conquers the host

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-76

  Bonas, Ulla ^a   Van Den Ackerveken, Guido ^a,b   Büttner, Daniela ^a   Hahn, Karoline ^a   Marois, Eric ^a   Nennstiel, Dirk ^a   Noel, Laurent ^a   Rossier, Ombeline ^a   Szurek, Boris ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 0005331407     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2000.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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