Ralstonia solanacearum pectin methylesterase is required for growth on methylated pectin but not for bacterial wilt virulence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4918-4923

  Tans Kersten, Julie ^a   Guan, Yanfen ^a,b   Allen, Caitilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; METHYL GROUP; PECTATE LYASE; PECTINESTERASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL WALL; CROP; DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SOLANACEARUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 0031736707     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4918-4923.1998     Document Type: Article

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