Erwinia amylovora secretes harpin via a type III pathway and contains a homolog of yopN of Yersinia spp.

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1720-1730

  Bogdanove, Adam J ^a   Wei, Zhong Min ^a   Zhao, Liping ^a   Beer, Steven V ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ERWINIA; FLAGELLUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA;

EID: 0029864855     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1720-1730.1996     Document Type: Article

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