Aconitase b is required for optimal growth of xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria in pepper plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kirchberg, Janine ^a   Büttner, Daniela ^a   Thiemer, Barbara ^a   Sawers, R Gary ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITASE B; ACONITATE HYDRATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; ISOENZYME; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACONITASE A GENE; ACONITASE B GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPPER; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BLACK PEPPER; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOMATO; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITRIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; ISOENZYMES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PIPER NIGRUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLASMIDS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 84859510110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034941     Document Type: Article

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