The hrpC and hrpN operons of Erwinia chrysanthemi EC16 are flanked by plcA and homologs of hemolysin/adhesin genes and accompanying activator/transporter genes

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 563-567

  Kim, Jihyun F ^a   Ham, Jong Hyun ^a   Bauer, David W ^a   Collmer, Alan ^a   Beer, Steven V ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bordetella; Hrp pathway; Phospholipase C; Type III secretion

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ERWINIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCING; HEMOLYSIN; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; MONAS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0032101391     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.6.563     Document Type: Article

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