Separable roles of the Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola accessory protein HrpZ1 in ion-conducting pore formation and activation of plant immunity

Plant Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 706-717

  Engelhardt, Stefan ^a   Lee, Justin ^b   Gäbler, Yvonne ^a   Kemmerling, Birgit ^a   Haapalainen, Minna Liisa ^c   Li, Chun Mei ^c   Wei, Zhongmin ^d   Keller, Harald ^e   Joosten, Matthieu ^f   Taira, Suvi ^c   Nürnberger, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d EDEN Bioscience   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effector; Plant immunity; Pore formation; Pseudomonas syringae; Receptor; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARSLEY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIPOSOMES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PETROSELINUM; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. PHASEOLICOLA;

EID: 59149087908     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03723.x     Document Type: Article

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