New protein-protein interactions identified for the regulatory and structural components and substrates of the type III secretion system of the phytopathogen Xanthomonas axonopodis pathovar citri

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 6186-6197

  Alegria, Marcos C ^a   Docena, Cassia ^a   Khater, Leticia ^b   Ramos, Carlos H I ^b   Da Silva, Ana C R ^a   Farah, Chuck S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN HPAA; PROTEIN HPAB; PROTEIN HRCN; PROTEIN HRCU; PROTEIN HRCV; PROTEIN HRPB1; PROTEIN HRPB2; PROTEIN HRPD6; PROTEIN HRPW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; GENE; HPA GENE; HRC GENE; HRP GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS PATHOVAR CITRI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HEMAGGLUTININS; LECTINS; LIPOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS PV. CITRI;

EID: 4444220080     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.18.6186-6197.2004     Document Type: Article

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