XerR, a negative regulator of XccR in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, relieves its repressor function in planta

Cell Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1131-1142

  Wang, Li ^a,b,c   Zhang, Lili ^d   Geng, Yunfeng ^e   Xi, Wei ^a   Fang, Rongxiang ^a,b   Jia, Yantao ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b National Plant Gene Research Center   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

LuxR like regulator; NtrC like regulator; pathogen host interaction; plant signal(s); proline iminopeptidase; Xcc

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; PROLINE IMINOPEPTIDASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRASSICA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 79960138834     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2011.64     Document Type: Article

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