Positive regulation of the Hrp type III secretion system in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 665-681

  Ortiz Martin, Inmaculada ^a   Thwaites, Richard ^b   Macho, Alberto P ^a   Mansfield, John W ^c   Beuzón, Carmen R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HORTOFRUTICULTURA SUBTROPICAL Y MEDITERRÁNEA LA MAYORA   (Spain)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; TOBACCO; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DOWN-REGULATION; FABACEAE; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. PHASEOLICOLA;

EID: 77950578326     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-23-5-0665     Document Type: Article

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