PopF1 and PopF2, two proteins secreted by the Type III protein secretion system of Ralstonia solanacearum, are translocators belonging to the HrpF/NopX family

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4903-4917

  Meyer, Damien ^a   Cunnac, Sébastien ^a,c   Guéneron, Mareva ^a,d   Declercq, Céline ^a,e   Van Gijsegem, Frédérique ^b   Lauber, Emmanuelle ^a   Boucher, Christian ^a   Arlat, Matthieu ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Protisvalor   (France)

^e INSA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN AVRA; PROTEIN HRPF; PROTEIN NOPX; PROTEIN POPF1; PROTEIN POPF2; PROTEIN YOPB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INDUCTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HRP GENE; HRPF GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL; POPF1 GENE; POPF2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; REGULON; RHIZOBIACEAE; TOBACCO; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENES, BACTERIAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 33745438775     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00180-06     Document Type: Article

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