Isolation of an extracellular protease gene of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora strain SCC3193 by transposon mutagenesis and the role of protease in phytopathogenicity

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1959-1966

  Marits, Reet ^a   Köiv, Viia ^a   Laasik, Eve ^a   Mäe, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Erwinia; Pathogenicity; Protease gene; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CELLULASE; PECTATE LYASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSPOSON; VIRULENCE;

ERWINIA CAROTOVORA;

EID: 0041823005     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-8-1959     Document Type: Article

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