Mutation at different sites in the Nostoc punctiforme cyaC gene, encoding the multiple-domain enzyme adenylate cyclase, results in different levels of infection of the host plant Blasia pusilla

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1843-1847

  Chapman, Karen E ^a,b   Duggan, Paula S ^a   Billington, Natalie A ^a   Adams, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Nspm Ag ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BLASIA PUSILLA; CYAC GENE; HOST; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP; HEPATOPHYTA; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NOSTOC; PLANT DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

BLASIA PUSILLA; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 39749175611     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01321-07     Document Type: Article

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