Expression of putative pathogenicity-related genes in Xylella fastidiosa grown at low and high cell density conditions in vitro

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-92

  Scarpari, Leandra M ^a   Lambais, Marcio R ^a   Silva, Denise S ^a   Carraro, Dirce M ^a   Carrer, Helaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell density; Diffusible signal factor; Pathogenicity; rpf Gene; Transcriptome; Xylella fastidiosa

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIBLE SIGNAL FACTOR; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTONE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENSITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XYLELLA FASTIDOSA;

AGROBACTERIUM; CITRUS; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS; XYLELLA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA 9A5C;

EID: 0037987834     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00251-9     Document Type: Article

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