Coupling of iron assimilation and pectinolysis in Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1181-1191

  Franza, Thierry ^a   Michaud Soret, Isabelle ^b   Piquerel, Pierrette ^a   Expert, Dominique ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI STR. 3937; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA;

2 KETO 3 DEOXYGLUCONOKINASE; 2 OXO 3 DEOXYGLUCONIC ACID; 2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 2-KETO-3-DEOXYGLUCONATE; 2-KETO-3-DEOXYGLUCONOKINASE; ACHROMOBACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHRYSOBACTIN; CITRIC ACID; DIPEPTIDE; FERRICHYSOBACTIN RECEPTOR, PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; GLUCONIC ACID; IRON; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; KDGR PROTEIN, ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PECTATE LYASE; PECTIN; PELE PROTEIN, ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL WALL; CITRATES; DIPEPTIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCONATES; IRON; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PECTINS; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PLANT DISEASES; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIDEROPHORES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036831751     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2002.15.11.1181     Document Type: Article

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