Identification of a Pathogenicity locus, rpfA, in Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora that encodes a two-component sensor-regulator protein

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-415

  Frederick, Reid D ^a,b   Chiu, Jiliang ^b,c   Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^a   Handa, Autar K ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

histidine protein kinase; pectolytic enzymes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031128089     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.3.407     Document Type: Article

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