Response regulator, VemR, positively regulates the virulence and adaptation of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-28

  Tao, Jun ^a,b   He, Chaozu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Epistatic regulation; Response regulator; Virulence; Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEMR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 76349092885     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01892.x     Document Type: Article

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