PecS is a global regulator of the symptomatic phase in the phytopathogenic bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 7508-7522

  Hommais, Florence ^a   Oger Desfeux, Christine ^b   Van Gijsegem, Frédérique ^c   Castang, Sandra ^a,d   Ligori, Sandrine ^c   Expert, Dominique ^c   Nasser, William ^a   Reverchon, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Pole Rhone Alpes de Bioinformatique PRABI   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PECS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA DADANTII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI STR. 3937;

EID: 55549083835     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00553-08     Document Type: Article

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