Genetic characterization of the HrpL regulon of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora reveals novel virulence factors

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 160-173

  McNally, R Ryan ^a   Toth, Ian K ^b   Cock, Peter J A ^b   Pritchard, Leighton ^b   Hedley, Pete E ^b   Morris, Jenny A ^b   Zhao, Youfu ^c   Sundin, George W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA MICROARRAY; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASE; PROBABILITY; PROMOTER REGION; PYRUS; REGULON; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PYRUS; REGULON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS;

EID: 84055194927     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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