The Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937 PhoQ sensor kinase regulates several virulence determinants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3088-3098

  Venkatesh, Balakrishnan ^a   Babujee, Lavanya ^a   Liu, Hui ^b   Hedley, Pete ^b   Fujikawa, Takashi ^a   Birch, Paul ^b   Toth, Ian ^b   Tsuyumu, Shinji ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN FUR; SENSOR KINASE PHOQ; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIDEROPHORES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI STR. 3937;

EID: 33646006074     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.8.3088-3098.2006     Document Type: Article

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