The endo-β-1,4-glucanase CelA of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis is a pathogenicity determinant required for induction of bacterial wilt of tomato

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 703-714

  Jahr, Holger ^a   Dreier, Jens ^a,b   Meletzus, Dietmar ^a   Bahro, Rainer ^a   Eichenlaub, Rudolf ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gram positive bacterium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL WILT; CANKER; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRULENCE; WILD RELATIVE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAVIBACTER; CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS SUBSP. MICHIGANENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034045514     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.7.703     Document Type: Article

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