Inactivation of the sapA to sapF locus of Erwinia chrysanthemi reveals common features in plant and animal bacterial pathogenesis

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 917-924

  López Solanilla, Emilia ^a   García Olmedo, Francisco ^a   Rodríguez Palenzuela, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032100327     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.6.917     Document Type: Article

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