Genome-wide analysis of the response of Dickeya dadantii 3937 to plant antimicrobial peptides

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-533

  Rio Alvarez, Isabel ^a   Rodríguez Herva, Jose J ^a   Cuartas Lanza, Raquel ^a   Toth, Ian ^b   Pritchard, Leighton ^b   Rodríguez Palenzuela, Pablo ^a   López Solanilla, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; BACTENECIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PLANTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA DADANTII;

EID: 84858971386     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-09-11-0247     Document Type: Article

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