An exo-poly-α-D-galacturonosidase, PehB, is required for wild-type virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7369-7378

  Huang, Q ^a   Allen, Caitilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BURKHOLDERIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030725162     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7369-7378.1997     Document Type: Article

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