Evidence that thaxtomin C is a pathogenicity determinant of Streptomyces ipomoeae, the causative agent of streptomyces soil rot disease of sweet potato

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 393-401

  Guan, Dongli ^a   Grau, Brenda L ^a   Clark, Christopher A ^b   Taylor, Carol M ^a   Loria, Rosemary ^c   Pettis, Gregg S ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; THAXTOMIN C;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; STREPTOMYCES; SWEET POTATO; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INDOLES; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PIPERAZINES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT ROOTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOMYCES; VIRULENCE;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES IPOMOEAE;

EID: 84857588665     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-03-11-0073     Document Type: Article

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