Novel exchangeable effector loci associated with the Pseudomonas syringae hrp pathogenicity island: Evidence for integron-like assembly from transposed gene cassettes

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 495-507

  Charity, James C ^a   Pak, Kyong ^a   Delwiche, Charles F ^a   Hutcheson, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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ANGUILLIFORMES; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 0038184170     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2003.16.6.495     Document Type: Article

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