Withholding and exchanging iron: Interactions between Erwinia spp. and their plant hosts

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue , 1999, Pages 307-334

  Expert, D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Oxidative burst; Pathogenicity; Plant defense; Siderophore

Indexed keywords

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI;

EID: 0032743775     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.37.1.307     Document Type: Article

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