Mutations in the regulatory gene hrpG of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria result in constitutive expression of all hrp genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6828-6831

  Wengelnik, Kai ^a,c   Rossier, Ombeline ^a,b   Bonas, Ulla ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0032730163     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.21.6828-6831.1999     Document Type: Article

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