Virulence deficiency caused by a transposon insertion in the purH gene of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 575-581

  Chatterjee, Subhadeep ^a   Sonti, Ramesh V ^b  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Auxotroph; Plant pathogen; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AUXOTROPH; PLANT PATHOGEN; RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE DEFICIENCY;

DISEASE CONTROL;

BACTERIAL DNA; PURINE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; RICE; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE INSERTION; GROWTH RETARDATION; LEAF BLIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURH GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOMATO; TRANSPOSON; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PURINES; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS PV. CITRI; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZAE;

EID: 28344445849     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-036     Document Type: Article

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