Highly conserved sequences flank avirulence genes: Isolation of novel avirulence genes from Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1171-1182

  Arnold, Dawn L ^a   Jackson, Robert W ^a   Fillingham, A Jane ^b   Goss, Susan C ^b   Taylor, John D ^c   Mansfield, John W ^b   Vivian, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avr; Conserved DNA sequences; Plasmid; Pseudomonas syringae; RulAB

Indexed keywords

AVIRULENCE PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BEAN; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT LEAF; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. CORONAFACIENS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. PHASEOLICOLA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. PISI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0035007848     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-5-1171     Document Type: Article

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