Effector proteins of phytopathogenic bacteria: Bifunctional signals in virulence and host recognition

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-78

  Kjemtrup, Susanne ^a   Nimchuk, Zachary ^a   Dangl, Jeffery L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033967746     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)00054-5     Document Type: Review

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