Two-component regulators involved in the global control of virulence in Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 743-752

  Eriksson, Anders R B ^a   Andersson, Robert A ^a   Pirhonen, Minna ^a   Palva, E Tapio ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL WALL; ENZYME; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; VIRULENCE;

ERWINIA CAROTOVORA;

EID: 0032146662     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.8.743     Document Type: Article

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