ClpXP protease regulates the type III secretion system of dickeya dadantii 3937 and is essential for the bacterial virulence

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 871-878

  Li, Yan ^a,b   Yamazaki, Akihiro ^b   Zou, Lifang ^b   Biddle, Eulandria ^b   Zeng, Quan ^b   Wang, Yongjun ^c   Lin, Haiping ^c   Wang, Qi ^a   Yang, Ching Hong ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRASSICA; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA DADANTII;

EID: 77953181794     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-23-7-0871     Document Type: Article

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