Type three secretion system in pseudomonas savastanoi pathovars: Does timing matter?

Genes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 957-979

  Tegli, Stefania ^a   Gori, Andrea ^a   Cerboneschi, Matteo ^a   Cipriani, Maria Grazia ^b,d   Sisto, Angelo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^d CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HRPC GENE; HRPJ GENE; HRPRS GENE; HRPU GENE; HRPZ GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SAVASTANOI; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM;

EID: 84055184715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes2040957     Document Type: Article

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