The dual function in virulence and host range restriction of a gene isolated from the pPATH(Ehg) plasmid of Erwinia herbicola pv. gypsophilae

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 683-692

  Ezra, David ^a,b   Barash, Isaac ^b   Valinsky, Lea ^a,b   Manulis, Shulamit ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Avirulence; Host specificity; Pantoea agglomerans

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BEET; BILE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COSMID; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC SCREENING; HOST RANGE; MUTAGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOVAR; PLASMID; PLASMID DNA; TRANSPOSON; VIRULENCE;

ERWINIA HERBICOLA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034087553     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2000.13.6.683     Document Type: Article

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