Genetic dissection of the Ralstonia solanacearum hrp gene cluster reveals that the HrpV and HrpX proteins are required for Hrp pilus assembly

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 935-946

  Van Gijsegem, Frédérique ^a,b   Vasse, Jacques ^b   De Rycke, Riet ^a   Castello, Philippe ^b   Boucher, Christian ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PILIN; POPA PROTEIN; PROTEIN HRC; PROTEIN HRPV; PROTEIN HRPX; PROTEIN HRPY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPERON; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 0036091020     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02936.x     Document Type: Article

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