During infection of its host, the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum naturally develops a state of competence and exchanges genetic material

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 467-472

  Bertolla, Franck ^a   Frostegård, Åsa ^b   Brito, Belen ^c   Nesme, Xavier ^a   Simonet, Pascal ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic transfer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID DNA; TOMATO;

RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 0032915826     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.5.467     Document Type: Article

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