The Pseudomonas syringae avrRpt2 gene contributes to virulence on tomato

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 626-633

  Lim, Melisa T S ^a,b   Kunkel, Barbara N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effector protein; Pathogenesis; Type III secretion

Indexed keywords

AVRRPT2 PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOMATO; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLOPENTANES; ETHYLENES; GENES, BACTERIAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SALICYLIC ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 20644437299     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-18-0626     Document Type: Article

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