Identification of Pseudomonas syringae type III effectors that can suppress programmed cell death in plants and yeast

Plant Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 554-565

  Jamir, Yashitola ^a   Guo, Ming ^a   Oh, Hye Sook ^b   Petnicki Ocwieja, Tanja ^a   Chen, Shaorong ^a   Tang, Xiaoyang ^c   Dickman, Martin B ^a   Collmer, Alan ^b   Alfano, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avr proteins; Bacterial plant pathogens; Innate immunity; Plant defense; Programmed cell death; Type III effectors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; TOBACCO; YEAST;

PATHOGENESIS; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH (PCD);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AVRPTO PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PATHOGENESIS RELATED PROTEINS, PLANT; PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEINS, PLANT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE; YEASTS;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 1342311961     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01982.x     Document Type: Article

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