Protein signaling via type III secretion pathways in phytopathogenic bacteria

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-115

  Mudgett, Mary Beth ^a   Staskawicz, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; PLANT DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031987992     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5274(98)80150-1     Document Type: Article

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