Zinc uptake regulator (zur) gene involved in zinc homeostasis and virulence of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in rice

Current Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-314

  Yang, Wanfeng ^a,b   Liu, Yan ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Gao, Tongchun ^b   Hu, Baishi ^a   Zhang, Dongfang ^b   Liu, Fengquan ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FERRIC ION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LEAF BLIGHT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; TOBACCO; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE; ZINC HOMEOSTASIS; ZINC UPTAKE REGULATOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL DIVISION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS; ZINC;

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

EID: 33947420864     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-006-0485-8     Document Type: Article

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