Domain structure of HrpE, the Hrp pilus subunit of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6175-6186

  Weber, Ernst ^a   Koebnik, Ralf ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HRPE PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SECRETION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOMATO; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; XANTHOMONADACEAE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 24344445254     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.17.6175-6186.2005     Document Type: Article

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