A family of serine proteases of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis: chpC plays a role in colonization of the host plant tomato

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 599-608

  Stork, Ines ^a   Gartemann, Karl Heinz ^a   Burger, Annette ^a   Eichenlaub, Rudolf ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOMATO; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRULENCE;

CLAVIBACTER MICHIGANENSIS SUBSP. MICHIGANENSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 49749120942     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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