PilR Enhances the Sensitivity of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri to the Infection of Filamentous Bacteriophage Cf

Current Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-261

  Yang, Yen Chun ^b   Chou, Chun Ping ^a   Kuo, Tsong Teh ^b   Lin, Shan Hwa ^b   Yang, Mei Kwei ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; PILA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOTYPE; PILA GENE; PILR GENE; PILS GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILAMENTOUS BACTERIOPHAGE; NEGIBACTERIA; PILA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS PV. CITRI; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS PHAGE CF;

EID: 1642356028     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-003-4191-5     Document Type: Article

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