Type III protein secretion in Pseudomonas syringae

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-310

  Jin, Qiaoling ^a   Thilmony, Roger ^a   Zwiesler Vollick, Julie ^a   He, Sheng Yang ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Host defense; Salmonella; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HRP GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SALMONELLA; YERSINIA;

EID: 0037386640     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(03)00032-7     Document Type: Review

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