Novel genes involved in the regulation of pathogenicity factor production within the rpf gene cluster of Xanthomonas campestris

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 885-891

  Dow, J Maxwell ^a   Feng, Jia Xun ^a,b   Barber, Christine E ^a   Tang, Ji Liang ^a,b   Daniels, Michael J ^a  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Regulation of pathogenicity factors; Rpf gene cluster; Xanthomonas campestris

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHROMOSOME; COSMID; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROKARYOTA; TRIXIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0034081008     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-4-885     Document Type: Article

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