Mutations of ousA alter the virulence of Erwinia chrysanthemi

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-157

  Gloux, Karine ^a   Touze, Thierry ^b   Pagot, Yves ^a   Jouan, Bernard ^a   Blanco, Carlos ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; OUSA PROTEIN, ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; OXYGEN; PECTATE LYASE; PELE PROTEIN, ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; OSMOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT TUBER; POTATO; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OSMOSIS; OXYGEN; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PLANT TUBERS; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 12444308379     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-18-0150     Document Type: Article

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