The presence of hrp genes on the pathogenicity-associated plasmid of the tumorigenic bacterium Erwinia herbicola pv. gypsophilae

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 677-882

  Nizan, Roni ^a   Barash, Isaac ^a   Valinsky, Lea ^a,b   Lichter, Amnon ^a   Manulis, Shulamit ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Phytopathogenic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS PV. GYPSOPHILAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0031195197     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.1997.10.5.677     Document Type: Article

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