PrhJ and hrpG, two new components of the plant signal-dependent regulatory cascade controlled by PrhA in Ralstonia solanacearum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 237-251

  Brito, Belen ^a   Marenda, Marc ^a   Barberis, Patrick ^a   Boucher, Christian ^a   Genin, Stéphane ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL SUSPENSION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032925737     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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