Evidence that the Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae hrp-Linked hrmA gene encodes an Avr-like protein that acts in an hrp-dependent manner within tobacco cells

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 580-588

  Alfano, James R ^a   Kim, Han Suk ^a   Delaney, Terrence P ^a   Collmer, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA CLEVELANDII; NICOTIANA GLUTINOSA; NICOTIANA RUSTICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. GLYCINEA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TABACI; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0031195184     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.5.580     Document Type: Article

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