Structural and functional analysis of the type III secretion system from Pseudomonas fluorescens Q8r1-96

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 177-189

  Mavrodi, Dmitri V ^a   Joe, Anna ^b   Mavrodi, Olga V ^a   Hassan, Karl A ^d   Weller, David M ^c   Paulsen, Ian T ^d   Loper, Joyce E ^e   Alfano, James R ^b   Thomashow, Linda S ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOSPHERE; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRITICUM;

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78650090888     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00895-10     Document Type: Article

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