Construction and analysis of pathogenicity Island deletion mutants of Erwinia amylovora

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-464

  Zhao, Youfu ^a   Sundin, George W ^b   Wang, Dongping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharide; Recombineering; Type III secretion; Virulence

Indexed keywords

DELETION MUTANTS; ENTEROBACTERIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENOMIC ISLANDS; IN PLANTS; RECOMBINEERING; SECRETION SYSTEMS; TYPE II; TYPE III SECRETION; VIRULENCE;

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACTERIUM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDE; SECRETION; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE DELETION; GENOMIC ISLANDS; OPERON; PLANT DISEASES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PYRUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 65349153077     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-147     Document Type: Article

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