Characterization of the Agrobacterium vitis pehA gene and comparison of the encoded polygalacturonase with the homologous enzymes from Erwinia carotovora and Ralstonia solanacearum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 338-346

  Herlache, Thomas C ^a   Hotchkiss Jr , Arland T ^b   Burr, Thomas J ^c   Collmer, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGALACTURONASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VITIS;

EID: 0031026181     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.338-346.1997     Document Type: Article

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