Pseudomonas syringae Type III Secretion System Targeting Signals and Novel Effectors Studied with a Cya Translocation Reporter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 543-555

  Schechter, Lisa M ^a   Roberts, Kathy A ^a   Jamir, Yashitola ^b   Alfano, James R ^b   Collmer, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALMODULIN; CALMODULIN DEPENDENT ADENYLATE CYCLASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN AVR; PROTEIN AVRPTO; PROTEIN HOP; PROTEIN HOPPTOC; PROTEIN HOPPTOK; PROTEIN HOPPTOQ; PROTEIN HOPPTOT1; PROTEIN HOPPTOV; PROTEIN HRP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT CELL; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE DC3000; REPORTER GENE; TOMATO;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CALMODULIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; JANUS KINASES; PLANTS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMULUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 0347915662     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.2.543-555.2004     Document Type: Article

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