PopW of Ralstonia solanacearum, a new two-domain harpin targeting the plant cell wall

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 371-381

  Li, Jian Gang ^a   Liu, Hong Xia ^a   Cao, Jing ^a   Chen, Li Feng ^a   Gu, Chun ^a   Allen, Caitilyn ^b   Guo, Jian Hua ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARPIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PECTATE LYASE; PECTIN; POLYGALACTURONIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SECRETION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PECTINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

ALLIUM CEPA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 77953064107     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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