Soluble plant cell signals induce the expression of the type III secretion system of Pseudomonas syringae and upregulate the production of pilus protein HrpA

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 282-290

  Haapalainen, Minna ^a   Van Gestel, Kristin ^a   Pirhonen, Minna ^a   Taira, Suvi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 61349112073     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-22-3-0282     Document Type: Article

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