The alternative σ factor HrpL negatively modulates the flagellar system in the phytopathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora under hrp-inducing conditions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-227

  Cesbron, Sophie ^a   Paulin, Jean Pierre ^a   Tharaud, Michel ^a   Barny, Marie Anne ^b   Brisset, Marie Noëlle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

factor; Fire blight; Flagellin; Inverse regulation; Maloideae; Type III secretion system

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; HRPL PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MOTILITY; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLAGELLUM; GENE FUNCTION; HRPL GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REGULATOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; ROSACEAE; SEEDLING; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALOIDEAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33645216572     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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