TolC is required for pathogenicity of Xylella fastidiosa in Vitis vinifera grapevines

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-410

  Reddy, Joseph D ^a   Reddy, Stephanie L ^a   Hopkins, Don L ^b   Gabriel, Dean W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf scorch

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; SILWET L 77; SILWET L-77; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GRAPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE; XYLELLA; XYLEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; PLANT DISEASES; VIRULENCE; VITIS; XYLELLA; XYLEM;

CITRUS; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 33947394339     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-20-4-0403     Document Type: Article

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