Regulation of pectinolysis in Erwinia chrysanthemi

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1996, Pages 213-257

  Hugouvieux Cotte Pattat, Nicole ^a   Condemine, Guy ^a   Nasser, William ^a   Reverchon, Sylvie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

DNA protein interactions; pectinases; plant pathogens; transcriptional regulation; virulence factors

Indexed keywords

PECTIN;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ERWINIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PECTINS; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PLANT DISEASES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REGULON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI;

EID: 0029839704     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.50.1.213     Document Type: Review

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