Control of virulence gene expression by plant calcium in the phytopathogen Erwinia carotovora

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 831-838

  Flego, Diana ^a,c   Pirhonen, Minna ^a   Saarilahti, Hannu ^a,b   Palva, Tuula K ^a,b   Palva, E Tapio ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 0030921541     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1997.mmi501.x     Document Type: Article

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