AepA of Pectobacterium is not involved in the regulation of extracellular plant cell wall degrading enzymes production

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 283, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 541-549

  Kõiv, Viia ^a   Andresen, Liis ^a   Mäe, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Amidohydrolases; PCWDE; Phytopathogenic bacteria; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; HYDROLASE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE DEFORMYLASE; PLANT CELL WALL DEGRADING ENZYME; PROTEIN AEPA; PROTEIN NFDA; PROTEIN YTCJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER PASCENS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLANT CELL WALL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REGULATOR GENE; RSMB GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POTATO; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTHROBACTER PASCENS; FUNGI; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYMES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; PECTOBACTERIUM; PLANTS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSFECTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77952758959     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-010-0540-9     Document Type: Article

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