Sequence variations in alleles of the avirulence gene avrPphE.R2 from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola lead to loss of recognition of the AvrPphE protein within bean cells and a gain in cultivar-specific virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 165-177

  Stevens, Conrad ^a   Bennett, Mark A ^a   Athanassopoulos, Evangelos ^a   Tsiamis, George ^a   Taylor, John D ^b   Mansfield, John W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; VIRULENCE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FABACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PSEUDOMONAS; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. PHASEOLICOLA; UNIDENTIFIED PLANT;

EID: 0031850608     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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