Thaxtomin biosynthesis: The path to plant pathogenicity in the genus Streptomyces

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-10

  Loria, Rosemary ^a   Bignell, Dawn R D ^a   Moll, Simon ^a   Huguet Tapia, José C ^a   Joshi, Madhumita V ^a   Johnson, Evan G ^a   Seipke, Ryan F ^a   Gibson, Donna M ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellobiose; Nitricoxide synthase; Phytotoxin; Potato scab; Streptomyces; Thaxtomin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULOSE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLANT TOXIN; PROTEIN NEC1; PROTEIN TXTR; SYNTHETASE; THAXTOMIN; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES SCABIES; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELLOBIOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INDOLES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PIPERAZINES; PLANT DISEASES; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STREPTOMYCES; VIRULENCE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES SCABIEI; STREPTOMYCINEAE;

EID: 45449105547     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-008-9240-4     Document Type: Article

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