Genome-wide identification of pathogenicity genes in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae by transposon mutagenesis

Plant Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1136-1145

  Wang, J C ^a   So, B H ^a   Kim, J H ^a   Park, Y J ^b   Lee, B M ^b   Kang, H W ^a  

^a Hankyong National University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacterial blight of rice; Genome; Pathogenicity genes; Rice; Transposon

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CULTIVAR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INOCULATION; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; RICE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZAE;

EID: 56549130266     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: 13653059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01884.x     Document Type: Article

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