The hrpA and hrpC operons of Erwinia amylovora encode components of a type III pathway that secretes harpin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1690-1697

  Kim, Jihyun F ^a   Wei, Zhong Min ^a,b   Beer, Steven V ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Eden Bioscience Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ERWINIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RHIZOBIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; YERSINIA;

EID: 0031058133     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1690-1697.1997     Document Type: Article

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