Impact of temperature on in planta expression of genes involved in synthesis of the Pseudomonas syringae phytotoxin coronatine

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1095-1102

  Weingart, Helge ^a   Stubner, Stephan ^b   Schenk, Alexander ^a   Ullrich, Matthias S ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; GLYCINE MAX; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. GLYCINEA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 4544365755     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2004.17.10.1095     Document Type: Article

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