The zinc uptake regulator Zur is essential for the full virulence of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 652-658

  Tang, Dong Jie ^a   Li, Xiang Jiang ^a   He, Yong Qiang ^a   Feng, Jia Xun ^a   Chen, Baoshan ^a   Tang, Ji Liang ^a  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ZINC; ZUR PROTEIN, E COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; RADISH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT DISEASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RAPHANUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; ZINC;

EID: 20644469022     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-18-0652     Document Type: Article

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