A proline iminopeptidase gene upregulated in planta by a LuxR homologue is essential for pathogenicity of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-136

  Zhang, Lili ^a,b,c   Jia, Yantao ^a,b   Wang, Li ^a,b,c   Fang, Rongxiang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b National Plant Gene Research Center   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLINE IMINOPEPTIDASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TATA BOX; XANTHOMATOSIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT DISEASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 34250638945     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05775.x     Document Type: Article

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