The type III effectors HsvG and HsvB of gall-forming Pantoea agglomerans determine host specificity and function as transcriptional activators

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1118-1131

  Nissan, Gal ^a   Manulis Sasson, Shulamit ^b   Weinthal, Dan ^a,b   Mor, Henia ^a   Sessa, Guido ^a   Barash, Isaac ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EFFECTOR CELL; ENDOPHYTE; EPIPHYTE; HOST RANGE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOTYPE; PLANT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA VULGARIS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANTOEA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CUCUMIS; GYPSOPHILA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS PV. GYPSOPHILAE;

EID: 33747074041     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05301.x     Document Type: Article

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