Elucidation of the hrp clusters of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola that control the hypersensitive response in nonhost tobacco and pathogenicity in susceptible host rice

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 6212-6224

  Zou, Li Fang ^a   Wang, Xing Ping ^a   Xiang, Yong ^a   Zhang, Bing ^a   Li, Yu Rong ^a   Xiao, You Lun ^a   Wang, Jin Sheng ^a   Walmsley, Adrian R ^b   Chen, Gong You ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; MICROORGANISMS; MUTAGENESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOBACCO;

HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE (HR); PRHA MUTANT; SOAKING SYMPTOMS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZICOLA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN HRPX; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; HOST PLANT; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; RICE; SEEDLING; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL LEAF STREAK; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HPA2 OPERON; HPAB OPERON; HRP GENE; HRPE3 GENE; HRPF OPERON; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRHA GENE; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS;

RICE; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA TABACUM; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZICOLA;

EID: 33748788508     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00511-06     Document Type: Article

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