The Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria citH gene is expressed early in the infection process of tomato and is positively regulated by the TctDE two-component regulatory system

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-71

  Tamir Ariel, Dafna ^a   Rosenberg, Tally ^a   Burdman, Saul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CITRATE BINDING TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CITRATE-BINDING TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; TOMATO; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 78649753983     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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