Recombineering and stable integration of the Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae 61 hrp/hrc cluster into the genome of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1

Plant Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 919-928

  Thomas, William J ^a   Thireault, Caitlin A ^a   Kimbrel, Jeffrey A ^a   Chang, Jeff H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hrp hrc; Plant defense; Pseudomonas syringae; Type III effectors; Type III secretion system; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TOBACCO; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE;

EID: 71949130933     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03998.x     Document Type: Article

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