WtsE, an AvrE-family type III effector protein of Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii, causes cell death in non-host plants

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 633-643

  Ham, Jong Hyun ^a,b   Majerczak, Doris ^a   Ewert, Sophie ^a   Sreerekha, Mysore Venkatarau ^a   MacKey, David ^a   Coplin, David ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BEET; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PANTOEA; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA VULGARIS; CELL DEATH; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; PANTOEA; PLANTS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII SUBSP. STEWARTII; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. PHASEOLICOLA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 49749145222     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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