Systems level analysis of two-component signal transduction systems in Erwinia amylovora: Role in virulence, regulation of amylovoran biosynthesis and swarming motility

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhao, Youfu ^a   Wang, Dongping ^a   Nakka, Sridevi ^a   Sundin, George W ^b   Korban, Schuyler S ^a  

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

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC RESPIRATION CONTROL PROTEIN A; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; PROTEIN ARCB; PROTEIN BAESR; PROTEIN CPXA1R1; PROTEIN CPXA2R2; PROTEIN DCUSR; PROTEIN ENVZ; PROTEIN GRRA; PROTEIN GRRS; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN HRPS; PROTEIN HRPXY; PROTEIN KDPD; PROTEIN KDPE; PROTEIN NARQP; PROTEIN PHOQP; PROTEIN PHORB; PROTEIN PMRBA; PROTEIN RCSCDB; PROTEIN RSTA; PROTEIN RSTB; PROTEIN SPK1; PROTEIN YBJN; PROTEIN YDDV; PROTEIN YEHUT; PROTEIN YFHKA; PROTEIN YOAD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMYLOVORAN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SWARMING MOTILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; ERWINIA TASMANIENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOME ANALYSIS; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PEAR; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TWO COMPONENT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PROKARYOTA; PYRUS;

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT DISEASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PYRUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 67650136711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-245     Document Type: Article

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