The Rcs phosphorelay modulates the expression of plant cell wall degrading enzymes and virulence in Pectobacterium carotovorum ssp. carotovorum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-238

  Andresen, Liis ^a   Kõiv, Viia ^a   Alamäe, Tiina ^a   Mäe, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Mutants; Phytopathogenic bacteria; Rcs phosphorelay; Two component system

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RCSCPCC GENE; RCSDPCC GENE; RCSFPCC GENE; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 34447525682     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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