Pseudomonas syringae type III secretion system effectors: repertoires in search of functions

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-60

  Cunnac, Sébastien ^a   Lindeberg, Magdalen ^a   Collmer, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTANT PROTEINS; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 59849122902     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.12.003     Document Type: Review

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