A bacterial E3 ubiquitin ligase targets a host protein kinase to disrupt plant immunity

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7151, 2007, Pages 370-374

  Rosebrock, Tracy R ^a,b   Zeng, Lirong ^a   Brady, Jennifer J ^a   Abramovitch, Robert B ^a,b   Xiao, Fangming ^a   Martin, Gregory B ^a,b  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN KINASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIUM; DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEN; FRUIT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; SECRETION; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOMATO; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 34447542796     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05966     Document Type: Article

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