HrpG and HrpX play global roles in coordinating different virulence traits of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 649-661

  Guo, Yinping ^a   Figueiredo, Francisco ^b   Jones, Jeffery ^b   Wang, Nian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HRPG PROTEIN, XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; HRPX PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMOTAXIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS;

CITRUS; XANTHOMONAS AXONOPODIS PV. CITRI;

EID: 79955704947     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-09-10-0209     Document Type: Article

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