Pathogenicity, Non-Host Hypersensitivity and Host Defence Non-Permissibility Regulatory Gene hrpX is Highly Conserved in Xanthomonas Pathovars

Journal of Phytopathology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 197-200

  Oku, T ^a   Wakasaki, Y ^a   Adachi, N ^a,b   Kado, C I ^a,c   Tsuchiya, K ^a,d   Hibi, T ^a,b  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

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EID: 0011521665     PISSN: 09311785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1998.tb04679.x     Document Type: Article

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