Ralstonia solanacearum produces Hrp-dependent pili that are required for PopA secretion but not for attachment of bacteria to plant cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 249-260

  Van Gijsegem, Frédérique ^a,b   Vasse, Jacques ^a   Camus, Jean Christophe ^a   Marenda, Marc ^a   Boucher, Christian ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 0034055715     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01851.x     Document Type: Article

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