The Tat pathway of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae is required for optimal virulence

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-212

  Caldelari, Isabelle ^a   Mann, Stefan ^a   Crooks, Casey ^a,c   Palmer, Tracy ^a,b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron acquisition; Plant pathogen; Twin arginine signal peptide

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOMATO; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SIDEROPHORES; TRANSAMINASES; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 31644447233     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-19-0200     Document Type: Article

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