In silico identification of potential chaperone genes that belong to type III and type IV secretion systems in Xanthomonas axonopodis pv citri

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 321-327

  Khater, Leticia ^a,b   Santos, Túlio M ^a   Alegria, Marcos C ^c   Docena, Cassia ^c   da Silva, Ana C R ^c   Ramos, Carlos H I ^a,b  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Protein secretion; Type III and Type IV secretion systems; Xanthomonas

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

EID: 30644477223     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572005000200024     Document Type: Article

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