Sensor kinases RetS and LadS regulate Pseudomonas syringae Type VI secretion and virulence factors

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3584-3596

  Records, Angela R ^a,b   Gross, Dennis C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALGINIC ACID; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE PSL; LEVAN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE GACS; PROTEIN KINASE LADS; PROTEIN KINASE RETS; PROTEIN RET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLPV BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE;

EID: 77954390244     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00114-10     Document Type: Article

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