A cluster of mutations disrupt the avirulence but not the virulence function of AvrPto

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 592-598

  Shan, Libo ^a   He, Ping ^a   Zhou, Jian Min ^a   Tang, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AVIRULENCE; BACTERIAL MUTANT; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE MUTATION; PROTEIN AVRPTO; TOMATO; VIRULENCE;

PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0034029316     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.6.592     Document Type: Article

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