The type III (Hrp) secretion pathway of plant pathogenic bacteria: Trafficking harpins, Avr proteins, and death

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 5655-5662

  Alfano, James R ^a   Collmer, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL DEATH; ERWINIA; FLAGELLUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS; SHORT SURVEY; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 0030930294     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.18.5655-5662.1997     Document Type: Short Survey

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