Epsr modulates production of extracellular polysaccharides in the bacterial wilt pathogen Ralstonia (Pseudomonas) solanacearum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-34

  Chapman, Matt R ^a   Kao, C Cheng ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PSEUDOMONAS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 0031973220     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.1.27-34.1998     Document Type: Article

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