Mutations in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transaminase genes in plants or Pseudomonas syringae reduce bacterial virulence

Plant Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 318-330

  Park, Duck Hwan ^a   Mirabella, Rossana ^b   Bronstein, Philip A ^a,c   Preston, Gail M ^d   Haring, Michel A ^b   Lim, Chun Keun ^e   Collmer, Alan ^a   Schuurink, Robert C ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROBERT W HOLLEY CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; GABA; Hrp regulon; Pto DC3000; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GABA; HRP REGULON; PTO DC3000; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; FRUITS; GENES;

FATTY ACIDS;

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; AVRPTO PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MANNITOL; POP2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MANNITOL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TRANSAMINASES;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 78649539956     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04327.x     Document Type: Article

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