Sequences related to transposable elements and bacteriophages flank avirulence genes of Pseudomonas syringae

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1247-1252

  Kim, Jihyun F ^a   Charkowski, Amy O ^a   Alfano, James R ^a,b   Collmer, Alan ^a   Beer, Steven V ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hypertensive reaction; Pathogenicity island; Transposon; Type III protein secretion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT; VIRULENCE;

PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0031736913     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.12.1247     Document Type: Article

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