The type III effectors of Xanthomonas

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 749-766

  White, Frank F ^a   Potnis, Neha ^b   Jones, Jeffrey B ^b   Koebnik, Ralf ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; XANTHOMONAS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 70350212942     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2009.00590.x     Document Type: Review

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