WtsE, an AvrE-family effector protein from Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii, causes disease-associated cell death in corn and requires a chaperone protein for stability

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1092-1102

  Ham, Jong Hyun ^a   Majerczak, Doris R ^a   Arroyo Rodriguez, Angel S ^a   Mackey, David M ^a   Coplin, David L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DspB F; Erwinia stewartii; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PANTOEA; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PANTOEA; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII; PANTOEA STEWARTII SUBSP. STEWARTII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33749010049     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-19-1092     Document Type: Article

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