The response regulator expM is essential for the virulence of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora and acts negatively on the Sigma factor RpoS (σ(S))

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 575-584

  Andersson, Robert A ^a,b   Palva, E Tapio ^b   Pirhonen, Minna ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Sensory kinase

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MUTANT; GENE SEQUENCING; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

ERWINIA CAROTOVORA;

EID: 0033167936     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1999.12.7.575     Document Type: Article

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