Contribution of the regulatory gene lemA to field fitness of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4304-4312

  Hirano, Susan S ^a   Ostertag, Eric M ^a   Savage, Stephanie A ^a   Baker, L Stuart ^a   Willis, David K ^a   Upper, Christen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0030724659     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4304-4312.1997     Document Type: Article

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