Molecular characterization of copper resistance genes from Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri and Xanthomonas alfalfae subsp. citrumelonis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4089-4096

  Behlau, Franklin ^a,c   Canteros, Blanca I ^b   Minsavage, Gerald V ^a   Jones, Jeffrey B ^a   Graham, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CITRUS CANKER; COPPER RESISTANCE GENES; FLORIDA; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTECTIVE MEASURES; TRANSPOSON MUTAGENESIS; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA; BACTERICIDES; BACTERIOLOGY; CLONING; DISEASE CONTROL; GENES; MUTAGENESIS;

COPPER;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; COPPER;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; COPPER; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT DISEASE; SYNTENY; UNITED STATES; XANTHOMONAS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; CITRUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPPER; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLORIDA; GENE ORDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY; XANTHOMONAS;

ARGENTINA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI;

EID: 79960108462     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03043-10     Document Type: Article

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