Plant pathogenic bacterial type III effectors subdue host responses

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-185

  Zhou, Jian Min ^a   Chai, Jijie ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EFFECTOR PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING LEUCINE RICH REPEAT PROTEIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EFFECTOR CELL; HOST CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 42049121663     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.02.004     Document Type: Review

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