Analyses of the secretomes of Erwinia amylovora and selected hrp mutants reveal novel type III secreted proteins and an effect of HrpJ on extracellular harpin levels

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-67

  Nissinen, Riitta M ^a,b   Ytterberg, A Jimmy ^a   Bogdanove, Adam J ^a,c   Van Wijk, Klaas J ^a   Beer, Steven V ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PYRUS COMMUNIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33846092014     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2006.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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