Molecular characterization and expression of the Erwinia carotovora hrpN(Ecc) gene, which encodes an elicitor of the hypersensitive reaction

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 462-471

  Mukherjee, Asita ^a   Cui, Yaya ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Chatterjee, Arun K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

growth phase regulation; N acyl homoserine lactone; RsmA effect; soft rotting Erwinia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031148931     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.4.462     Document Type: Article

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