Type III secretion-dependent host defence elicitation and type III secretion-independent growth within leaves by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 731-745

  Sun, Wenxian ^a,b   Liu, Lijuan ^a   Bent, Andrew F ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT LEAF; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 80052399476     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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