Synthesis of extracellular polysaccharide, extracellular enzymes, and xanthomonadin in Xanthomonas campestris: Evidence for the involvement ot two intercellular regulatory signals

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-70

  Poplawsky, Alan R ^a   Chun, Wesley ^a   Slater, Holly ^b   Daniels, Michael J ^b   Dow, J Maxwell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epiphytic survival; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; POLYSACCHARIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0031898309     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.1.68     Document Type: Article

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