Biosynthesis of the repeating units of the exopolysaccharides amylovoran from Erwinia amylovora and stewartan from Pantoea stewartii

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Langlotz, Christine ^a   Schollmeyer, Martin ^a   Coplin, David L ^b   Nimtz, Manfred ^c   Geider, Klaus ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidic EPS; Chimeric EPS; EDTA treated cells; Fire blight; Gene complementation; Polysaccharide biosynthesis; Stewart's wilt; UDP sugars

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PANTOEA; PANTOEA STEWARTII; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79958001552     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: 10961178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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