Global regulation in Erwinia species by Erwinia carotovora rsmA, a homologue of Escherichia coli csrA: Repression of secondary metabolites, pathogenicity and hypersensitive reaction

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 427-434

  Mukherjee, Asita ^a   Cui, Yaya ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Dumenyo, C Korsi ^a   Chatterjee, Arun K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Erwinia; Global regulation; Hypersensitive reaction; Motility; Pathogenicity factors

Indexed keywords

CELL ENZYME; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL DENSITY; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 0030067083     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-2-427     Document Type: Article

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