Characterization of the fimA gene encoding bundle-forming fimbriae of the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1280-1290

  Ojanen Reuhs, Tuula ^a   Kalkkinen, Nisse ^b   Westerlund Wikström, Benita ^a   Van Doorn, Joop ^c   Haahtela, Kielo ^a   Nurmiaho Lassila, Eeva Liisa ^a   Wengelnik, Kai ^d   Bonas, Ulla ^d   Korhonen, Timo K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Research Unit Flower Bulbs   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ADHESION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL; TOMATO; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 0031054110     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1280-1290.1997     Document Type: Article

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