The response regulator HrpY of Dickeya dadantii 3937 regulates virulence genes not linked to the hrp cluster

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-314

  Yap, Mee Ngan ^a,c   Yang, Ching Hong ^b   Charkowski, Amy O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

AHL; Arabinose; Erwinia chrysanthemi; Siderophore

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA DADANTII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM;

EID: 40849139815     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-3-0304     Document Type: Article

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