Cell Individuality: The bistable gene expression of the type III secretion system in Dickeya dadantii 3937

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-47

  Zeng, Quan ^a   Laiosa, Michael D ^a   Steeber, Douglas A ^a   Biddle, Eulandria M ^a   Peng, Quan ^a   Yang, Ching Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MUTATION; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84055190782     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-05-11-0105     Document Type: Article

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