Quantitative immunofluorescence of regulated eps gene expression in single cells of Ralstonia solanacearum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2356-2362

  Kang, Yaowei ^a   Saile, Elke ^a   Schell, Mark A ^a,b   Denny, Timothy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; TOMATO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 0033012575     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2356-2362.1999     Document Type: Article

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