A nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene (mgoA) of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is involved in mangotoxin biosynthesis and is required for full virulence

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 500-509

  Arrebola, Eva ^a   Cazorla, Francisco M ^a   Romero, Diego ^a   Pérez García, Alejandro ^a   De Vicente, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mangifera indica

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; GLUTAMATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ORDER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOMATO; VIRULENCE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ORDER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANGIFERA INDICA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE;

EID: 34247368523     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-20-5-0500     Document Type: Article

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