The hexY genes of Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora and ssp. atroseptica encode novel proteins that regulate virulence and motility co-ordinately

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 535-547

  Shih, Yu Ling ^a   Harris, Stephen J ^a   Borner, Georg ^a   Rivet, Michèle M ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERWINIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULASE; CELV PROTEIN, ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; HEXY PROTEIN, ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; ISOENZYME; PECTATE LYASE; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHYSIOLOGY; POTATO; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLULASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033302567     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.1999.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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