HrpG, a key hrp regulatory protein of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria is homologous to two-component response regulators

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 704-712

  Wengelnik, Kai ^a   Van Den Ackerveken, Guido ^a   Bonas, Ulla ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

sms gene; type III secretion

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOBIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 0030298393     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0704     Document Type: Article

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