Getting across - Bacterial type III effector proteins on their way to the plant cell

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5313-5322

  Büttner, Daniela ^a   Bonas, Ulla ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AvrBs3; hrp genes; Pathogenicity island; PIP box; Secretion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AVRBS3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HOST RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT CELL; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 0037107426     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf536     Document Type: Review

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