How Xanthomonas type III effectors manipulate the host plant

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-43

  Kay, Sabine ^a   Bonas, Ulla ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS;

NEGIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 59849120374     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.12.006     Document Type: Review

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