Comparative study of regulatory mechanisms for pectinase production by Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora and Erwinia chrysanthemi

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 226-237

  Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Jitareerat, Pongphen ^a   Baba, Yasuhiro ^b   Tsuyumu, Shinji ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 0037370801     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2003.16.3.226     Document Type: Article

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