Mutational analysis of the Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato hrpA gene encoding Hrp pilus subunit

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 736-744

  Taira, Suvi ^a   Tuimala, Jarno ^a   Roine, Elina ^a   Nurmiaho Lassila, Eeva Liisa ^a   Savilahti, Harri ^a   Romantachuk, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PILIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; HRPA PROTEIN, E COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; STRUCTURAL GENE; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BIOSYNTHESIS; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS; TOMATO; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA HELICASES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033220341     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01635.x     Document Type: Article

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