Molecular analysis of the rlsA gene regulating levan production by the fireblight pathogen Erwinia amylovora

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 187-201

  Zhang, Y ^a   Geider, K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOVORAN; BIOSYNTHESIS; DELETION MUTAGENESIS; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LEVAN; LEVANSUCRASE; MUTANT; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD RELATIVE;

ERWINIA AMYLOVORA;

EID: 0032838594     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmpp.1999.0198     Document Type: Article

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