A gene in the Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato Hrp pathogenicity island conserved effector locus, hopPtoA1, contributes to efficient formation of bacterial colonies in planta and is duplicated elsewhere in the genome

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1014-1024

  Badel, J L ^a   Charkowski, A O ^a   Deng, W L ^a   Collmer, A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 0036802124     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2002.15.10.1014     Document Type: Article

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