Negative regulation of the Hrp type III secretion system in pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 682-701

  Ortiz Martín, Inmaculada ^a   Thwaites, Richard ^b   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; ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SECRETION; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEASE LA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RNA, MESSENGER; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 77950590422     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-23-5-0682     Document Type: Article

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