Genes involved in the production of antimetabolite toxins by Pseudomonas syringae pathovars

Genes

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 640-660

  Arrebola, Eva ^a   Cazorla, Francisco M ^b   Pérez García, Alejandro ^b   de Vicente, Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE HORTOFRUTICULTURA SUBTROPICAL Y MEDITERRÁNEA LA MAYORA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene cluster; Mangotoxin; Phaseolotoxin; Phytotoxin; Secondary metabolite; Tabtoxin

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MANGOTOXIN; PHASEOLOTOXIN; TABTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REVIEW; TOXICITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 80053198149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes2030640     Document Type: Review

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