The pilA gene of Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri is required for infection by the filamentous phage cf

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-26

  Su, W C ^a,b,d   Tung, S Y ^a,b   Yang, M K ^c   Kuo, T T ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacterio phage cf; Infection; pilA; Pilin; Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; COAT PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE INACTIVATION; INFECTION; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILAMENTOUS BACTERIOPHAGE; NEGIBACTERIA; PILA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI; XANTHOMONAS PHAGE CF;

EID: 0032857050     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051055     Document Type: Article

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